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...England and Germany. That the present is as opportune a time as any for stimulating such an interest, can be seen by any one who has read the daily papers for the past week. Yet so far as accomplishing anything in this direction goes, Mr. Brooks' lectures seem to have fallen flat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/10/1886 | See Source »

...first glance the difficulties in the way of establishing a course for the study of current events seem great, but on examination they seem to be at least not insurmountable. The work which would fall upon the instructors would of course, be considerable. But the work should by no means be confined to one man. The course should be divided into several parts, one instructor should lecture on English and continental affairs, another on American affairs, and a third on the economic aspects of events. The labor in this way would be greatly divided. Each instructor would lecture once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contemporaneous History. | 2/9/1886 | See Source »

...have undertaken in our lives, and a correct conclusion is pretty sure to be reached. Even if we have been really successful in nothing, there must be something in which we have proved more competent than in the rest. Perfect success is not necessarily the criterion. And if there seems to be no hope of that success in the future, if our capacities seem so limited in everything as to promise little hope of advancement in anything, we must do faithfully that which lies nearest us. "Tis not in mortals to command success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/9/1886 | See Source »

...does not seem probable that our English fellow students, with no more knowledge at the start, can acquire more learning, in a shorter time and with no harder work than we. Besides the possibility that their arts students have acquired in that time, some professional learning (for which we have to go to our Medical, Law, or Divinity schools) does not raise the standard of their arts degree in comparison with ours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Degree of A. B. | 2/8/1886 | See Source »

...search warrant sworn out for that particular room. Therefore, unless this document is presented in regular form, no man need feel obliged to admit anyone, save the college authorities. On the other hand, every man is at liberty to protect his room from intrusion in any way that may seem best. In truth, either a policeman's billy, hat, or belt make a much better wall decoration than the handsomest street sign ever "ragged" by silly freshman or wicked sophomore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/6/1886 | See Source »