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...Jones is, no doubt, an able and conscientious instructor, and does for the men under him all that his limited time allows. But when one man is called upon to teach elocution - a subject in which there is especial need of individual attention and criticism - to the whole college, satisfactory results can hardly be looked for. Class instruction may be all very well for beginners, in serving to give them an idea of fundamental rules and starting them in the right direction. But when men have made any progress at all, what they need is individual instruction and a chance...
...Jones, by reason of lack of time and press of work, is able to give cannot be deemed sufficient. Many men who would be glad to take up elocution if individual appointments were given, are unwilling to spend two hours a week in going to recitation in this subject and listening during much of the time to the speaking and criticisms of men who know no more of the subject than they do themselves. Those who can afford to take private lessons will probably do so; but, pray, what are those who cannot afford the expense to do in preparation...
Physiology and Hygiene. Special subject: The Importance of Rest and Sleep to Students and Men in Training. Prof. Sargent. Sever...
...athletic sports this spring. It seems as if he might be employed in some such capacity as an instructor in track and outdoor athletics, under the direct supervision of the faculty or Dr. Sargent. In this condition he would be in easy communication with the faculty and subject to their direction. His recent action of leaving Cambridge rather than provoke the ill-will of the athletic committee, has shown his honorable intentions. So, in view, also, of the immense value his services as trainer would be, it would be the source of much gratification to all to have him reinstated...
...writer in the Portland Transcript, commenting on the subject of elective studies in colleges, which as he declares is "one of the live issues of the day," says: "When the student is allowed to select his studies, some care should be taken to prevent him from choosing studies that he is incapable of pursuing successfully, and he should further be required to arrange the work of his whole course in such a way that the successive years should bear some logical relation to one another. The first of these precautions is taken to some extent at Harvard, but the second...