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There are three devices for promoting a good mutual understanding between the home and the school: "Pupil Study," "Parent's Meetings," and "Education Societies." These are as yet more or less imperfect but they are decidedly promising. Through these or similar devices, the individual home and the community will gradually learn that every educational demand puts corresponding educational problems to the school, that these problems can be solved successfully and wisely only by professional teachers working in the school, and not by laymen; and that patience and a willingness to experiment intelligently are indispensible in the wise solution of educational...
...Directors of the Randall Dining Association the steward's salary was increased 60 per cent. That the association has not been successful in accomplishing its primary object is the sentiment expressed by many members. The prices of various articles of food are even higher than were those of the parent society, the Eoxcroft Club, and in spite of this fact it is rumored that the association has not been earning its expenses...
...back again to Florence this year and to continue his studies with a view of eventually becoming a teacher in his chosen subject. Last summer he spent in Venice and in travelling in Austria. Later he went to Kissengen, where his mother, who was his only surviving parent, was with him when he died...
...called the Greece of Modern Europe, and in a certain sense she is rightly called so. By the self-concentration so characteristic of the Greeks she has given us a style beyond criticism; for the French by this self-centred interest developed a rigid self-criticism, which was the parent of an excellent style. Unlike English, we find in French literature no flashes of genius; but on the other hand we do find that consistent mediocrity which the English so strikingly lacks...
...body the same feelings of gratitude and affection towards Professor Peirce as are held by his confreres on the Faculty? In some recent trouble, I had occasion for his assistance and advice; and the kindliness and refined sympathy I received were such as one might expect rather from a parent than from a busy college official. I learned from others, moreover, that the same kindness and dignity were his, not only on this but on all occasions; so that I shall not be the only graduate student who will leave with a distinct recollection of his beautiful and urbane treatment...