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...this, President Lowell says, "a minimum requirement can never be really high nor act as an incentive to exertion for men of superior capacity." Of course, this is absolutely true; a high standard will never solve the problem of stimulating interest in scholarship. The Advocate notes, however, that no provision is made for men of average capacity, and we must admit that the "just average" man is a difficult proposition to deal with. But he is here, and if he cannot be induced to study of himself, should he be obliged to, and if so how much? In other words...
...affairs of the College the most significant movement during the year was that looking toward a modification of the elective system. It has been truly said that the opportunities for education in our universities are now enormous, and that the immediate problem before us is to bring the undergraduate to make the best use of them; for the benefit of a college education to a student consists, not in the abundance of opportunities he neglects, but in those of which he takes advantage. From colleges in different parts of the country have been heard general complaints that students not engaged...
...race over the outside course for a mile and seven-eights, the first crew winning by a good length of open water. The crew this year has five veterans from last year's eight which defeated Columbia and New York University. Although there has been somewhat of a problem in finding a stroke, the crew has developed steadily under Coach Glendon, and in yesterday's work-out looked exceedingly fast...
...PHYSICAL COLLOQUIUM. "The Gas Turbine Problem." Dr. H. N. Davis. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
...problem which philosophy now has to solve is to find the true relation between the scientific statement of facts and the truly philosophical reflection upon the reality of the spiritual world...