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...study were fewer and the examinations less numerous, a boy had far greater opportunity of following up any special task than he had now. Subjects which did not tell had now no chance. It was very necessary, therefore, that they should ask themselves whether they were following a wise system or not. A young man might pass creditably, nay, with distinction, through school and college, and find himself when he came to age unable to speak any language but his own, and ignorant of any branch of science, although, perhaps proficient in mathematics, Latin and Greek. Such an education, they...
...little used for his own needs, but he was not at all a miser. His gifts in charity were large, and he found many ways to extend a helping hand to his fellowmen. One noticeable act of generosity was his giving to his native village in Greece a system of public water-works, the need of which he saw upon his visit there. He conducted courses of study in the college until, at the beginning of last year, sickness compelled him to give up a course he contemplated giving. He had again become about well last summer, but the coming...
...education, as viewed from a certain standpoint, is exemplified in the quotation in another column from an English article on the subject of the "Girl Graduate." We cannot but think the point of view there taken, and the conclusions implied however, exceedingly narrow. It is true that the present system of higher education for women results in the production of many uninteresting types. Yet it must be remembered that that system is yet in its infancy, and that furthermore the type portrayed in our quotation cannot fairly be said to be representative-at least of American girl graduates. Wellesly...
...members of History 13 have been asked to hand in a written opinion on "A remedy for the evils in the system of removals...
...haven. And this imminity of Harvard is undoubtedly due in great measure to the wise fore-thought of the college authorities. Three adn a half years ago, although there had been up to that time no evil results, they removed from the dormitory buildings, at considerable expense, a system of drainage that was most offensive, and that would probably before this time have brought a fever epidemic. The college now is absolutely healthful, and, barring Fresh Pond water, so is Cambridge. For this we can not be too thankful. It has taken our university centuries to grow to what...