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...that it contains a reply to Prof. Palmer's article on "The New Education," from Prof. G. T. Ladd, of Yale. It is entitled "Education, New and Old." It opens with a conservative's doubt of what is novel. Credit is given to Prof. Palmer for the fair statement of his views. The writer also accords with the ethical spirit of the article of his opponent. The first difference of opinion is seen in the motives cited by the different writers, for the higher tone present among Harvard students, as claimed by Prof. Palmer. Prof. Ladd finds this same spirit...
Professor Ladd has written a strong statement of his side of the case in his controversy with Professor Palmer. The attendance at recitations, significant as it is of the use or abuse of Harvard's system, is not a criterion of the ultimate merits or defects of such a system. Professor Palmer shows that, on the whole, Harvard seniors had not abused the privilege extended to them, and thereby refuted the charge often made, that college students are not capable of governing themselves in attendance at recitations. Statistics of attendance at Harvard and Yale cannot be compared unless several facts...
...means of support. More men every day are devoting themselves to specialties. The time has gone by when the lawyer can meet all the various complexities which are brought to him by his clients. So very vague is the presentation of the condition of things that a terse statement of facts is most welcome to the confused mind of many young men. Nothing is worse than uncertainty. Most men will fight best when exactly cognizant of what they must meet. Even be the odds against him, one likes to know the fact. Especially valuable then is an address like...
...gratifying to us, as we glance over our exchanges, to read in almost every one that "Harvard has the largest college library in the United States." The statement is a very simple one, and is made with but few words, but it certainly has a good deal of meaning. It is also gratifying to us to turn to the reports of the library for different years and find how largely the library is used by college men and how each year has shown an extension of this use. We hardly need to expatiate on the value of a library...
...second statement of the essay brings to mind the conviction held by the writer, and doubtless by many others, in their earlier years. When we viewed the world from the foot of the spelling class, years and years ago, we were certain that we were smarter than any other member of it. Now we have written proof, that our superior intellectuality was the real cause of our former disgraceful position, and that, in truth, the rest were mere dolts in comparison with us. It was only another case of the ugly duckling without the ugly duckling's good fortune...