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President Meiklejohn of Amherst has defined a university as an institution "where men may spend four years in the Companionship of dreamers." That is a splendid conception of a college, for it implies close association between faculty and students, which is now the greatest lack at Harvard as well as at other universities...
...this late date I want to express my keen appreciation of the splendid feature the Harvard relay team gave us at the last Indoor Athletic Carnival. Captain O'Connell was indeed a great favorite...
Youthful zeal is a splendid thing, but would it not be well to save the columns of the CRIMSON for more carefully thoughtout and more temperately written articles? It possible, let us convey the impression through the paper that the men of Harvard are thoughtful men, and that they realize that these vital problems of our national life are not to be solved by confusing our enemies in a cloud of verbal dust. The solution of these problems will require all the thinking power of the nation, and the University should be the centre of careful, non-hysterical work...
...were most anxious for the success and furtherance of the movement; and as the end of the four and a half days approached, a new spirit seemed to pervade the Collseum during the great mass meetings. Individual delegations congregated and talked about fundamentals; in little groups they met the splendid individuals who had come from all parts of the earth; the students talked and were talked to instead of being talked at and they came to feel something of the driving force behind the life of service as exemplified in the life of Jesus. One Harvard man went...
...chief deduction, however, is that the private schools offer superior training for a definite goal, they coach the boys for the "exams" upon which depend their entrance to the college of their choice, while the public schools train their students for general efficiency in life. The report is a splendid tribute to the work of the public schools. But if the average public school has any tendency to over-coach its boys, there are a lot of private schools in this country where the very highest standards of general training, discipline and democracy are maintained, and their graduates...