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...sort of instruction which would be the delight of the delicate, and the passe-temps of the indolent and the rich, as letters were at Rome, there should be other courses of study. When a government takes upon itself the national education of a people, it should adopt some system allowing full scope to diverse aptitudes, and should try to give satisfaction to all tastes. Above all, it should guard against giving instruction of a too recondite nature, too little adapted to practical things...
...perhaps even more on the side of the students; but we think it does not wholly so rest. It would be rude for us to dictate in what manner an advance toward acquaintance should be made by our instructors. We are well aware that, for many reasons, any general system of receptions is impracticable to them, and even if possible, might become tedious and unproductive of the desired result. But there is one ground which should be common to both parties, now occupied almost entirely by the students; we refer to the College press. That this idea...
...natural result of such a system might possibly be the foundation of a University magazine which should adequately express the literary ability of the institution. Here might appear, in conjunction with the best efforts of the students, the latest discoveries of the Professors in their peculiar fields of study; for with so many eminent men in our midst, whose influence is felt in the outside world, it is surprising how little we know of what they are doing. We never know them for what they are except through a medium external to the College. A direct knowledge of their attainments...
...English system, as is well known, has for its corner-stone the principle of heavily endowed fellowships and competitive examinations, which latter are carried to an extreme. These institutions have, to be sure, the prestige of old age, and their supporters claim that they produce the most excellent results; but their opponents maintain that, so far from effecting this, all that Englishmen have attained in the way of scholarship has been acquired in spite of the training they receive. Besides, they say, English scholarship, even if allowed to be due to these systems, furnishes a very weak argument in favor...
...years ago, one of the many articles on the subject which appeared at that time said: "There are many suggestions that might be made relative to tickets of membership, smoking and card-playing in the room, and various other matters; but we can only hope to perfect our system gradually." The trouble which the managers have been in during the past year, with regard to the finances of the association, shows that the system has certainly not yet been "perfected." It is now proposed to take (in the fall) some of the "gradual" steps to perfection; and while they...