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...always teachers, although the greatest scholars almost invariably are possessed of that genius. But to assemble a large faculty combining scholastic and teaching abilities in proper proportion simply can not be done; yet teachers must be had. The tutorial system is a real advance along this line; the progress made so far is unimpeachable. The Faculty side of it, except for the English Department, is now well-organized. It remains to develop the refinements, and in this the attitude of the tutee is of overwhelming importance. The old story again--"What you put into...
Members of the committee will report on the progress of their work to secure delegates, and Chairman Corliss Lamont 24 will outline the plans of the drive which will be started at once to find out definitely which men will be able to attend, attempting to get together if possible the largest delegation which has ever represented the University at the Conference...
Tomorrow Coach Brown plans to have a mile race in the Basin for a large number of the better regular class crews. One or both of the University crews may possibly be entered. In either case the work will furnish a good indication of the progress and relative ability of the crews. At present it would seem that the Junior crews had better oarsmen than the other classes and that one of their eights will be the most likely to lead across the finish line tomorrow...
...gave every boy his chance to become a scholar and an official; but inasmuch as the number of scholars that could be profitably employed was limited largely by the number of officials that could be maintained, the proportion of the population getting an education was extremely small. Great progress has been made in the twenty years since the old system was thrown overboard, but the fact remains that not over 10 percent of the people are literate, probably not over 10 percent of the children of school age are actually in Scholl and when one considers the financial resources...
...highly important that China's friends shall not be blind to these serious, fundamental, genuine difficulties. To do so is to play false to China's best interests. With few exceptions, however, foreigners who have been residents in China for a term of years agree that remarkable progress has been made by this wonderful people. By all odds the oldest civilization of our time, the most populous single country in the world, a race so virile as to have absorbed all comers through the ages, China stands today amazingly strong and deep-rooted. Perhaps the greatest tribute that...