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...aisle," to reading papers and talking. To men who are given to such practices as these, it may be entirely futile to point out to their callous sense of honor that they not only show the greatest disrespect to their instructors, not only waste their time and utterly loose sight of the prime object of a man's entering college, but also become exceedingly obnoxious to a large majority of the class. The only way to crush out this disgraceful disposition on the part of a few is for public opinion to make it so hot for them that they...
...confectioner's wagon was abandoned by the driver at Twentieth St. Scarcely had he gotten out of sight when the crowd raised the vehicle and a struggle for the contents took place...
...conditions for the admission examinations were as follows:- "Whoever shall be able to read Cicero or any other such like classical author at sight and make and speak true Latin in verse and prose, and decline perfectly the paradigms of names and verbs in the Greek tongue. Let him then and not before be capable of admission into the college." It was certainly a higher standard in the classics than we have at the present day, for there are very few who can speak and write Latin with ease and correctness. Weekly declamation were held on Fridays during the college...
...think that Swinton as portrayed here was very logical in his search for a profession. Instead of looking for the higher types among the lawyers, the doctors and the ministers, he seems to have chosen very inferior men as the proper representatives of their classes. He certainly lost sight of the possibilities of that devotion to an ideal which must be present in all leaders of men. The story is useful, perhaps, because it shows us just what we should not do; that is, judged of any profession by its worst side...
...upon the success of voluntary prayers at Harvard depends the adoption of the new idea at other colleges. We have demanded and have received liberty; but let us be careful that that liberty shall not be the cause of indifference. We do not intend to lose sight of another aspect of the prayer question, an aspect also touched upon by Mr. Pfeiffer in his speech. We do not believe that the sole motive which should urge us to attendance at prayers should be a desire to show the world that Harvard never fails in her experiments; but there should...