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...been repeatedly said since the discussion on currency began, that the perusal of the most elementary books on the subject would show the evil consequences of increasing the amount of paper money. If so, what excuse can any one have for advocating a plan which cannot but bring misfortune...
...decision of the Senior Class not to place a window in Alumni Hall has the support, we think, of all the Undergraduates who have really considered the matter. At first the idea may have seemed a good one, but a sober second thought is enough to show the mistake of the plan and the close analogy' with the case of him who had his own tombstone cut, for fear he should not have one sufficiently expensive. The true memorial of a class such as that soon to graduate is the impetus it gives to under classes by its record...
...other colleges, and to find out whether we are really much worse off for our lack of collegiate instruction in writing and speaking, which we have so often been called upon to deplore; and by a few, perhaps, who, though certainly believing that Harvard would make but a poor show in the contest, wish that she had taken part in it, in the hope that thus, at least, the Faculty might be convinced of our needs and shamed into adequately providing for them. What could we gain from college instruction in oratory? Every one will acknowledge that the elements which...
...however, need not lack friends or even visitors, if he show himself hospitable, simply because he rooms alone...
...With you the one runs naturally into the other; the second is, so to speak, but the prolongation of the first. With us there is no connection between them, no transition from one to the other. This involves a twofold inconvenience. First, for the scholar; if his aptit des show themselves tardily, and he then wishes to pursue classical studies, he is obliged to begin his course of study at an age when those who at the outset embraced secondary instruction have accomplished nearly the half of their course. The second inconvenience of this system affects the teachers of primary...