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Speaking of the German periodicals, Professor Paszkowski said that they assume somewhat the same place as did the "Spectator" and that they play an important part in the educational advantages of Germany. The "International Monthly" in particular has done a great deal toward connecting the advances of knowledge in Germany and America to one another and has been an important factor in bringing together, in exchange professorships and otherwise, Harvard and the German universities. The fault of all German journalism seems to be a lack of aggressiveness, but this is not a fatal fault...
...second place, we read with much interest President Lowell's words concerning examinations. That a policy of general tests provided not so much to examine the student's knowledge of some particular branch of a subject, as to determine his grasp of that subject as a whole, has been adopted to some extent in the Medical School and is under consideration in the Divinity School, leads us to believe that here may be some means of escape from what the President himself terms "defective methods." Might it not be possible with the development of the "elective-group" system to have...
...snap. That this is due rather to the contagious good humor of Mr. Bernard himself than to the accomplishments of his supporting company or a not too bright book and score is a compliment to his ability all the more sincere. In the present case, Mr. Bernard is the particular light and very justly...
Professor T. W. Richards '86 will have entire charge of the laboratory, since it was founded for the advancement of his particular line of investigation. This is research in physical and inorganic chemistry. The four specific divisions of his field are: bettering the present atomic weights, investigating the compressibility of atoms, heat of chemical reactions, and electrochemical research. All the fine apparatus now used will be transferred, and in addition many accurate and expensive pieces have been presented by the Carnegie Institution at Washington, which was established in order to further scientific research. Professor Richards will keep his private library...
...first business was the appointment of four sub-committees to deal with certain particular problems of university life; these committees to act subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. The following sub-committees were appointed...