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...considerable moment, as in most professions, are not many in number. The requirements are very various, and, as a rule, it may be stated that no knowledge comes amiss to a librarian. The preferable knowledge depends wholly upon the kind of library he is to control and the sort of people to whom he is to minister. In general terms, I should say that in fitting one's self for work in a miscellaneous library the best thing to be proficient in is literary history and general bibliography. As to languages, one need hardly hope to do his duty without...
There have been some suggestions here at Cambridge about the formation of Harvard clubs at the different preparatory schools in the vicinity. Yale already has founded several clubs of this sort, and from the article below we should judge that she has others in view. Still, that the style of these clubs is not looked upon favorably by all the preparatory schools, is amply proved by the appended article which was published as an editorial in the Philippians, the organ of the Phillips Andover students. This matter has never been looked upon with much favor here at Harvard...
...Abbott's pamphlet on "Scientific Philosophy" to ascertain what he means by the method which he advocates; and I find that he is especially desirous that philosophy shall adopt the realistic hypothesis, and believe in the objectivity of relations. In his article in the Monthly he implies that any sort of idealistic philosophy is incompatible with the recognition of objective relations. Now I have no doubt that all of the young men of Harvard whom the author addressed especially, have hitherto had the impression that some of the forms of idealism are as consistent with the scientific method, at least...
...this and passed a law that the students be not allowed to have the cake with plums, and imposed a penalty for the violation of this law of twenty shillings fine and the confiscation of the cakes. The account says that "the anniversary of commencement had become a sort of saturnalia for the whole neighborhood, and the wild revels of the students were so prolonged that it was necessary to put policemen on guard for several days and nights together." But the law did not seem to have any effect and the faculty seemed to be powerless to stop...
...pities that the accidents connected with the game of foot-ball are of such a nature as to force themselves upon the attention of the spectator, and to leave behind an impression of roughness and brutality which is not borne out by facts. The casualties are usually of a sort painful for the moment, but not grave; for one serious accident, such as befell Captain Holden last week, there could probably be counted a larger proportion in base ball, in lacrosse, or even in the usual course of regular gymnastic training. But no comment is too harsh to represent...