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...high as it has been in former years. I am aware that complaint was made about this matter at the time of the last winter meetings and I think such complaint was not unnatural as the needs of the association had not at that time been clearly explained. The plan of limiting the number of tickets sold to one person worked very well at the time of the winter meetings last year and I would advise its continuance...
...Life is real ! life is earnest ! etc.,"the Leaves resumes its account of the trip: "It did not seem exactly in keeping to go to Harvard immediately after this;" (referring to the quotation, we suppose,) "but that was a part of the plan, and so-we soon left the tall iron fence of the cemetery behind...
...wish to pursue some special study for their own improvement. The instruction is to be carried on by correspondence between the professors and the pupils. About twenty-five professors have already been engaged who receive a certain amount from each pupil according to the character of the study. The plan is certainly a novel one, and if successful will become an important factor in the educational development of the country...
...fairly be said that the new Harvard Gymnasium has been the parent or sponsor of almost all of the modern college gymnasiums of the country. It is certain that scarcely and gymnasium has been newly fitted up, or any plan of physical culture adopted at any neighboring college, but that it has seemed necessary beforehand to inspect the building and methods of Harvard's Gymnasium, or to secure the advice or active cooperation of its well known director. The latest instance of this fact is Cornell, whose trustees are considering the question of making a thorough course of gymnastic instruction...
...than the large. Men whose means are limited discover in these institutions the facilities which are suited to their needs; while those who shun excitement find in the same places the calm and the quiet so favorable to meditation and research. It must be apparent that, were the proposed plan carried out, the usefulness of such colleges would be seriously impaired. If the government assumes to educate, it puts an end to private benevolence; and, in building a new structure, it undermines the old. The same logic applies to the universities under state control. Would it not be folly...