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There is likely soon to be a canvass made, to determine the condition of the college in the matter of religious belief. The plan may be to distribute among the students a short list of questions, to be answered (in confidence), and returned. The only other way is to call on each student in person. Either plan will involve much trouble to those who conduct the canvass, and a degree of annoyance to the individual students; but the interest of the results will be an ample recom pense. The last canvass was in 1881, under charge of the board...
...congratulate themselves that in no point in the society's history has it been found necessary to levy an assessment. The stability and usefulness of the society as a college institution is now well assured. The society has been run on a close financial basis, as is the safer plan, and therefore has often been hampered by lack of capital with which to conduct its operations. It has always, however, been able to profit by the courtesy of affiliated tradesmen, and thus has not seriously suffered from this cause. It would be much better if it had a small capital...
...said that when Sumner and Phillips were in college, each mapped out for himself the plan of life afterward followed by the other...
...chaotic mass of egotism; without the latter, progress would be dead. Young men coming to Harvard should be allowed to choose for themselves whether to continue their general education, or to launch at once into some one branch of study. The ranking system should place no premium on either plan; an unbiased choice should be allowed, free from all unworthy motives...
...association limits its membership to colleges which require a preparatory course, including Greek and plane geometry, and give a degree only to students who have taken a four year's course, in which a certain required amount of work is done." By this change from the original plan more than half of the so-called colleges of the State are barred from admittance to the new association. Thus the line is distinctly drawn between these better institutions and those that are mere high schools with long names. Even now the State contains seventeen institutions eligible to membership. It seems about...