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...years, to make as many rules as possible for the guidance of students, and to expect them blindly to obey. In German institutions, on the other hand, the greatest possible liberty is given the student, and the formation of his character is left to depend entirely upon himself. Both plans are open to censure. The first, by depriving the student of all voluntary power, does not teach him to rely upon himself. The second gives him so much liberty,- at the youthful and inexperienced age at which most students enter,-that opportunities are thrown away, and habits are thoughtlessly formed...
...direction is reform more urgently needed than in recitations,-the plan of conducting them, the system of work, and the requirements as to attendance. I submit to whom it may concern the following plan...
...this direction. We have, to be sure, a few purely social societies, others social and literary; but both, the first in particular, are limited in their scope, and of course confined to a certain number. Other means of social enjoyment in college we have not. A Harvard Union, the plan for which was ably set forth in a recent number of the "Crimson," would, setting the debates and literary work aside, do much to promote a better feeling and understanding among men of different sets. Now, it is certainly perfectly natural for men of kindred tastes to associate, and form...
...following plan of disposing of the Boat house seems now possible to be carried out, and has certainly met the approval of the "authorities...
...this plan the person most interested in collecting the money will collect it, and those paying will pay it just at the moment that they reap the benefits of it; both sound principles of political economy...