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Student (abstractedly). Ah - er - first man in the third...
...poorest products of a college. His knowledge is of a technical and superficial sort which is likely soon to fall away from him, because it has been acquired only through the compulsion of his own will, and as a means, not as an end. For such a man the literary contest would seem to have been devised, and both he and it are the natural products of the same system...
...long vacation, one can easily anticipate one or more of the required courses, as a little work, if regular, does wonders, when the mind is free from the many engrossing attractions of college life. The time gained by this anticipation can be employed very profitably; for a man can give more time to some favorite elective, and become far more expert in science, or critical in the languages, without making a hermit of himself, with bolted door and closely drawn green curtains. Again, much more time is given for general reading, a branch of knowledge which most of us have...
...desirability of voluntary recitations has not yet been proved. What the effect of throwing open these Elysian fields may have on the "margin of cultivation" (to quote our amiable friend, Mrs. Fawcett) is uncertain; but a judicious use of the privilege will doubtless make the students' labor easier; a man may get through many subjects, with a recitation now and then, and perhaps get as high a per cent as now, by making use of some elaborate notes and one of Harpers' maturer Youth's Companions...
First, the teacher is not his own master. Placed between the cure and the prefect, he is obliged to do the bidding of both. Under the control of the cure because the cure is a man of great influence, he is also attached to him by other ties. A teacher is usually very poor. The minimum salary that he receives certainly cannot make his position brilliant. It does not even render him independent. A capable and intelligent man rarely remains a teacher, because he has few chances of advancement, and is almost sure to die of hunger. Consequently, capable...