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...story was written in the very notes of the music. The gentle swaying of the trees and rustling of the leaves in the woods, were unmistakable The clear notes of the bird singing out from among the branches were so skillfully introduced and worked up that it did not seem at out of place when these notes were finally played by the bass instruments. And yet some people say that Wagner is all mere noise; could these people have heard the selection played last night and still kept to their idea...
...give no comprehensive summary such as the articles spoken of furnish; but we present what seem to us a few of the chief points on either side. Those who urge the new plan must assume the burden of proof. They say: first, that the present age of entrance into college is too high; second, that the growth in our standards and efficiency and the contemporary rise of the graduate school have been so great as to make the A. B. degree no longer the limit of general culture; third, that in general the number of college-bred men in America...
Although we are not in a position to know all the reasons which influenced the Advisory Committee, the probable causes seem clear enough at a glance. The simple fact was that the dates as arranged came far too early in the season. At that time Harvard's season is only just begun; and important contests with Princeton could not be a correct test of the final strength of the two nines. Although games with Princeton would in all likelihood strengthen our nine, we have to be careful, in arranging them, that Harvard play under fairly favorable circumstances. The dates...
Again, to the arrangement that, in any case, a fifth game be played with Yale at Springfield, the objection would seem obvious. If the championship has already been decided, a fifth game is entirely without interest; and the proposition, moreover, to play it at Springfield where the grounds were found to be wretched is fully as ill-considered. Of course, in case of a tie, a fifth game will be arranged; but we hope it will be on suitable grounds...
...well equipped or so generally used as at Harvard. The statistics at Yale show that the percent of students using the library is much below that of Harvard; and that of the books which are used, by far the greatest portion are works of fiction. Such facts would seem to indicate that the method of conducting the courses at Harvard is largely to account for the increased use of general literature. This method is to unite, with regular text-books, a large amount of outside reading. At the other colleges this plan is by no means so extensively used...