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...style their modesty will not suffer us to quote; but we are surprised our Yale friends can have any doubt as to the locality of the Pierian Spring from which they draw their inspiration. It is a well-known fact that the great poets of all ages have been poor; and have been driven to the Muses by starvation. Nothing is so conducive to poetic thoughts as an empty stomach; genius becomes more active and more ethereal at the absence of bodily nutriment. In after ages men will point to the THAYER CLUB as the birthplace of scores of famous...
...mortifying fact, but one whose truth can hardly be questioned, that, as a rule, college students have remarkably poor memories. Let any upper-class man try to recall some of the studies of his preparatory course, or even of his Freshman year, which have not been brought into requisition by his subsequent work; let him question a majority of his classmates on the same points, and any doubts he may have as to forget-fulness among students will, I think, be removed. The fact is brought before us in a peculiarly vivid manner, with which we are all more...
...effects of a poor memory are likely to be felt more in our future course than they ever have been yet. Whatever may be a man's occupation, a good memory cannot help being of importance to him. A lawyer will find it very desirable, if not absolutely indispensable, to remember, at once and without continual reference to the books, those cases and decisions to which he wishes to refer. Of course, a good memory cannot take the place of forcible and clear argumentative powers, but it can be made a powerful auxiliary to them, and most of our eminent...
...generally believed, to make Commons compulsory. "Several important gains would result from the changes suggested. In the first place, many students would board at the Hall who were not compelled to do so by poverty. The poorer students would of course resort thither, but many who were not absolutely poor would prefer to board there. Among students it is not well to have poverty the ground of association. Secondly, for hasty meals in a hot, crowded, vulgar room, under circumstances which make polite observances difficult and social enjoyment impossible, would be substituted a decent and comfortable service which would promote...
...master. Placed between the cure and the prefect, he is obliged to do the bidding of both. Under the control of the cure because the cure is a man of great influence, he is also attached to him by other ties. A teacher is usually very poor. The minimum salary that he receives certainly cannot make his position brilliant. It does not even render him independent. A capable and intelligent man rarely remains a teacher, because he has few chances of advancement, and is almost sure to die of hunger. Consequently, capable men are not found in the corps...