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...doubts the wisdom of starting this experiment in the higher education of women, in an unobtrusive and moderate fashion. The success of the plan is its own justification. Now, the time for small beginnings and meagre accommodations is past. The large and growing body of students demands suitable surroundings. The Annex is waiting, like the Bartholdistatue, for the public to realize its need of a substantial foundation...
...more and more responsibility to bear, and the fact that the Hall is at present in a good condition should not cause the members to forget that at any moment emergencies may arise that call for prompt and decided action. Good representative men are needed to maintain the success that has been achieved, and now is the time to see that such men are brought forward as candidates. Let each member of the association hand the auditor the name of some efficient man who will serve as a candidate for some position on the Board of Directors. Nominations for president...
...become one of the centres toward which all interest in Harvard is directed. A view of Holmes from any quarter must have a charm for every one, even the foremost indifferent and insensible. The surrounding buildings, all full of interest and some of them true monuments of Harvard's success and greatness, the crimson-uniformed nine in the centre, the runners and bicyclers, the tennis players, and last and laziest, the throng of lookers-on on the out-skirts, all make on Holmes on any pleasant afternoon a very fascinating picture, which speaks as well for Harvard's athletic activity...
...from the languages is one of the most instructive exercises which are given the students, supplementary to the college course. Although at present no provision has been made for readings from the Latin or German, the high order of the readings in Greek and French promises well for the success of those given later. Nothing can so stimulate the student to a desire to become intimately acquainted with a language and its literature as contact with a master of the language. This is foreseen in the selection of the professors who are to give the readings. Professor Goodwin and Professor...
...experience. Such is the general plan of the Naval Academy. How well this plan is carried out, and whether in the best manner possible is a subject too long to be here entered upon. But this is certain, that the cadet who would go through the academy with success must "look alive." For to cover the ground, the daily lessons are something prodigious, while the examinations are extraordinarily severe. Only steady, constant application, backed by fair ability, will enable a cadet to maintain his position at the academy...