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...difficult to discover any valid objection to the new rules for concentration in ancient and modern languages As literature neither the Bible nor Shakespeare have has yet been seriously questioned. Among the great authors there is choice enough to satisfy differing tastes. Moreover, the spirit of the rules announces itself to be rightly revolutionary. "The primary object is not to exact performance of a task prescribed", says the pamphlet, "but to assist in the formation of a habit--the habit of reading good literature...
...Divisions mean exactly what they say in the pamphlet; "the primary object of the plan is not to exact performance of a task, but to assist in the formation of a habit--the habit of reading good literature...
...object of this organization, in which Mr. Clay has been most active, is: "To stimulate and satisfy the demands of working men and women for education, and generally to assist the development of a national system of education which shall insure to all children, adolescents, and audits such education as in essential for their complete development as individuals and citizens...
Chesteton has a theory that no man of Jewish descent can ever become a true Englishman. For once he agrees with that object of his detestation, the dehumanized scientist, who believes in the inevitable, in determinism, and in the theory that blood is thicker than ideals. Mr. Chesterton does not altogether advocate that the Jews be treated as Isaac of York, but he does not like to see them rise as high as Disraeli and Lord Reading...
...great majority of the students appreciate the value of the general examination: they realize, too, that improvements in the plan are being made each year. But in a spirit of constructive criticism they object to a system which sets a premium upon the barest skeleton of correlated fact and gives no times for careful thought and planning. If the new examinations are to be a test of general knowledge,--they should eliminate chance by giving the student enough time to show how much he knows...