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...Profit on 'varsity dinner...
...certain sides of themselves seem altogether untouched by their college training, and certain subjects utterly uninvestigated. Such complaints were scarcely heard in the times when a defined course of study was requisite for a degree; then, the regrets were that such and such studies from which neither pleasure nor profit had been derived had consumed so much valuable time. All grounds for these regrets are now removed; but at the same time we find that men go to the other extreme and fail to learn till their course is completed, how greatly they stand in need of just such courses...
...work here eminently successful. As for the study of elocution, no one need shrink from undertaking it because too much labor would be required of him. Preparation, of course, is necessary if any success is to be gained, but one can always proportion his work so that he can profit something, no matter how little that may be. That oft-given reason, too much work, does not apply to the question at point...
...Profit sharing...
...hardly be out of place to call attention to them. The value of the practical study of nature, of what is commonly called the "field work," and the advantage of the intimate association with an instructor, are by no means small. And when the real pleasure and profit that are derived from the vigorous walks across country are taken into account, courses in Natural History seem to possess an attraction that does not belong to the courses in other departments. It is enough for us to say that we believe that an afternoon spent in the experiences...