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...Even geographically reckoned, the range of subject-matter is passing great; from China to the shores of Lake Michigan; from Canada to the other world of Orpheus. This is as it should be; the undergraduate mind has ever felt free to embrace the world entire, both fact and fancy. One expects to find, however, in that embrace more real grip than is evident in the present instance. With but few exceptions, the pieces have the fussiness of old age, without the latter's choice reflectiveness; they lack the urgent passion of youth...
...first place, to clear the way, education as a profession is essentially an art. One may have made a profound study of the science of education and yet have had no experience whatever in practical work. We all understand that some of the very best work that has been done in the science of education, has been done by those outside of our ranks. So I take it that it is not concerning that sort of educational career that you wish me to speak. Herbert Spencer would be an example of the men who have made notable contributions to education...
...secondary schools are concerned. I can speak with some knowledge of the life that would be yours, were you to go into teaching as a profession, and your road were to lie in a secondary school, for I had one year's experience. There you are, so to speak, seeing and coming into close contact with young life at the very source, before the time that the young life has drawn away from the early ideas formed in the home. I assure you that if you were to go into that sort of life, it would be a very delightful...
...such an attitude you are losing in a large measure that which is finest and best in our colleges. This relation of teacher and pupil in the colleges in not what it ought to be. We all appreciate it, and are trying our best to put it one the proper footing...
...University Musical Clubs have decided to terminate their western trip with a concert in New York on the evening of December 30, instead of having the Chicago concert on December 28 the final one, as they had previously planned. The clubs will leave Chicago on the morning of December 29 arriving in New York the following...