Word: objectivity
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...past year. The subjects for debate chosen during the last half year, 'Woman Suffrage,' 'Prohibition,' 'Free Trade,' 'Chinese Immigration' and 'Webster's 7th of March Speech,' show the marked preference of the union for great political questions rather than for great social, moral or religious ones." The primary object of this society is to give its members experience in the art of debate by the discussion of questions of public interest. The advantages of being connected with such a society as this are well understood by every one. Any student of the university may become a member by signing...
...background. This arises from the fact that among so large a number each one thinks there are many better men than himself to conduct the various interests of the college, and he of course feels duty bound not to put himself forward. Foot-ball will be the object of main interest for sometime to come. Let every man who has ever played the game show himself upon Holmes Field prepared to engage in the practice games. Let every man who has never played show himself on the field, and by his presence let those who have to do the practice...
These lectures are supplemented by the politico-economic Seminar, which is organized as a department of the university. Its object is to provide opportunities for those who wish to make a specialty of economics. It is a society of students under the direction of a professor. It meets for two or three hours, regularly, once a week, sometimes oftener. The exercises consist of essays by the students on subjects suggested by the director, followed by discussion and criticism of them. At the beginning of the term the professor prepares a list of subjects, theoretical, practical and historical, from which each...
...matter is so unusual as to deserve comment and praise. The college evidently considers a dozen or so of permanent fire escapes as too heavy an expenditure to be made for the trivial purpose of insuring the safety of occupants of the dormitories, but on urgent warning does not object to drilling its employes in the use of cumbersome fire ladders. This is a distinction entirely worthy of so "conservative" a body as the Harvard Corporation...
...leading New England colleges, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Brown and Bowdoin?" And in the issue of June 10 says, in reply to the query of the HARVARD HERALD, "Doubtless our own ideal would be somewhat of an Atlantic Monthly for students." In respect to the character and objects of such a publication, I think that it should be published monthly and should aim at representing what is best and most characteristic in college life. It should resemble in some degree both the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Weekly. It should have a few carefully drawn illustrations...