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When we think of the enlargement of his life in its service and usefulness which this transfer has brought, we can but justify the wisdom of God's methods. I have no patience with the thought that in God's great universe there is no room for service except on this narrow and inconspicuous earth where mortals dwell. I have no patience with the thought that careful preparation for service here counts for nothing when one goes beyond these narrow limits. We believe that this splendid preparation that has been made by our young friend for usefulness here is equally...
...Sophomore year, and let there be, in addition, some good elementary course in English Literature; give too, if you like, the writing of Themes to Freshmen.... In advocating a substitution of English for Mathematics and Classics in the Freshman year, we do not deny that by far the best method is complete freedom of choice, not only for three years, but for four.... I have not intended to find fault with the Faculty as the cause of these evils. We cannot expect the present small corps of English instructors to do further duty...
...seems to us that perhaps the chief root of the trouble lies in the present method of conducting elections. The manner of electing the President and Vice-President is well enough; but only two candidates are presented for each of these offices, and these are nominated by the retiring board of officers. If an opportunity could be given for nominations from the members in general there would probably be better results from, and more general satisfaction with, the election. As for the Directors, they are chosen at present by some twenty or thirty men getting together in the Auditor...
...another column will be found an article in relation to the proposed change in the method of instruction in Freshman German. If, as the writer states, there is a serious disagreement in the German department regarding the proper system to be pursued, it is to be regretted; but still we cannot ignore the fact that great advantage is gained by a Freshman section from instruction by a professor once a week. Still the supporters of the measure, in citing the precedent of a similar plan successfully adopted in Latin and Greek, seem to have called to their aid an example...
...disagree with some of his fellow Shaksperians, - what have all these specious accusations to do with the matter under discussion? They will not alter the fact that the real successes in Shakspere criticism have latterly been achieved mainly by the society which the Advocate affects to despise. The method of study by which the plays have assumed some chronological shape, by which metrical tests have been consistently applied, by which the growth of style can be traced, by which we arrive at some knowledge of the poet's mind and art, - these things are due in large part...