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...design to establish an annex or other rival of the colleges already existing for women, but to receive the graduates of the colleges and give them as good opportunities for the most advantageous research and education as can be found in Europe...
...that study. Dr. Agassiz, who is away at present, has given his consent to the use of the specimens in the Museum and Mr. C. E. Faxon would probably be appointed instructor. If the corporation decides to have such a course it might very possibly be one of special research...
...serious study of the facts. The helps of careful preparation and bright and entertaining illustrations are necessary for successful teaching. Excess of logic is out of place. Children do not care for argument, but for the facts interestingly stated. Hard work in memorizing is necessary for success in geographical research. The difficulty is in the selection of the facts to be remembered. Half the things one has forgotten are unimportant facts. These should not be learned in the first place...
...intention of the founder to encourage original research into the present social conditions...
...University. The object of these clubs differs largely from that of the more purely social organizations. Their work to a great extent supplements the work of the college, giving a certain interest to study not always to be found in ordinary college routine, and encouraging a desire for special research. In a sociable way the members of these organizations meet and teach each other much that they would not learn from long study under one professor. The different interests which each of the members feels in the subject under consideration bring out different points of view, many of them very...