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...count one or two-thirds of the standard value to that student. The author of "Our Ranking System" thus declares himself as a champion of a "broad education." Let him be this if he will, but he must not attempt to make "reforms" which shall do injustice to the specialist, nor should he forget that the various courses in the several branches of knowledge are arranged in a sequence of progression, and that a student is not expected to enter a higher course, until he has prepared for it by taking those which come before. If he should take...
...held, open to such students as desire to take them. The pass examinations, at the end of a course in any subject, will be conducted by the Instructor in charge; the honor examinations, on the first Wednesday in December in each year, will be conducted by some distinguished specialist, who has no share in the instruction of the students. Both the pass and the honor examinations will be written in the presence of some gentleman of high character, who resides near the person examined; and graded certificates, signed by the Examiner, will be given to those who succeed in passing...
...that the restrictions which marked its earlier stages have been to a great extent done away with. Although the collections of a few libraries are very complete, notably that of the British Museum, yet they are by no means as comprehensive as they ought to be to satisfy the specialist. This is partly because they do not contain all the books written, and partly because all the books needed have not yet by any means been written...
...that have been penned. On this account a librarian cannot afford to exercise the right of selection in the reception of matter for his library, as it is impossible for him to know that the lightest and apparently most ephemeral works may not prove of great assistance to some specialist. Among the comparatively recent improvements in our libraries has been the introduction of the catalogue system. Formerly the librarian himself was expected to be a walking catalogue of his own library, and therefore was almost indispensable in connection with it. Mr. Winsor said he hoped that the time...
...athletic contests afford an excellent chance for the specialist to display his abilities, and only specialists enter them. In their case the entire energy of the system has been concentrated on the development of special powers, and every thing else is set aside as useless. This is the great objection to athletic exercises as they are at present conducted. Symmetry of development is never thought of, nor is it ever acquired by exclusive reliance upon any of our popular sports. Indeed, we would venture to select from any group of recognized athletes the oarsmen, the ball-players and the gymnasts...