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...system of specialization and differentiation in studies into the years of boyhood and earliest youth, as mere unthinking conservatism. President Eliot speaks, of course, with the highest authority; and yet the logical outcome of his views cannot but excite alarm. It is not easy to admit that the favorite modern principle of the division of labor can wisely be carried to this extent in the intellectual world as it is now being carried in the physical world. The fundamental principle on which the great republic of letters is founded, the very idea of the "humanities," as the Times says...
...during the college term, and one or two organ or piano recitals would be greatly appreciated by them. Moreover, many works of the old composers, especially Bach and Handel, are never heard nowadays, for the poor reason that they are of too slight account to bring before the modern audience, who, satiated with the music of the future, and "that thing of terror," a modern symphony or rather gymnastic exercise for the instruments in the orchestra, would scorn the simple writing of figures, etc. These simple melodies, many of them most beautiful, could be played by Professor Paine at recitals...
...Oxford, Cambridge and London, the Royal Society, and from the masters of the school. A number of fellowships are connected with the school at various colleges, but principally at Oxford. For a long time after its foundation, classical studies were alone fursued, but mathematics were added in 1837, and modern languages twenty-four years later. The old buildings were occupied until the beginning of this century, when no ones were erected, together with a chapel. The chapel has since been replaced by a larger and finer edifice, and lately the fine Vaughan library and a school hospital have been built...
...real issues in the coming presidential-election contest? 3. Why does poverty tend to increase as the population and wealth of a nation increase? 4. The influence of religion upon plastic art and painting. 5. Define realism as exemplified in novel writing. 6. The influence of Aristotle on modern thought...
...world, people understand how much and how little can be bought with $5,000 a year. There is but one professor in the service of the college who receives $5,000 a year, and the men who are at the head of our mathematical department, our classical department, modern language department and our scientific departments do not receive a salary of more than $4,000. These are facts that ought to be known, and they show a state of things that ought to be remedied. It is not right that gentleman engaged in one of the highest of human callings...