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Henry Morris Stephens delegate from the University of California; brilliant historian in many fields; careless of fame, but spending himself without stint to teach others a love of history...
...speak of the equipment, rather than the education, of a college graduate, because, as we are often reminded, his education ought to cease only with his life, and hence his equipment ought to lay a strong foundation for that education. It ought to teach him what it means to master a subject, and it ought to enable him to seize and retain information of every kind from that unending stream that flows past every man who has the eyes to see it. Moreover, it ought to be such that he is capable of turning his mind effectively to direct preparation...
...limited incomes who ordinarily go to high schools, such a course is exceedingly disadvantageous. If they attend the ordinary high school of this country, they may get an exceedingly good education, but not one of the Harvard kind. If they are entered in a school which happens to teach the Harvard subjects, they cannot wait until the last year before making up their minds to come here, but must spend their whole course working up the necessary studies...
...applied science, or education. A man who thinks he wants to be a doctor may well hear what Dean Christian has said about a medical career but also what President King will say tonight about "The Claims of the Ministry on Strong Men." The Union lectures are meant to teach that all the professions are equally worthy, and that all make equal demands on men who are attracted by the call to hard work leading to positions of influence and serviceableness. J. D. GREENE...
...movement in education. There is undoubtedly a movement toward making all instruction objective and practical. Mr. von Kaltenborn's plan looks in that direction. There is also a movement toward restricting a school or a college to those parts of any subject which a school or college can teach. Mr. von Kaltenborn's plan does not look in that direction. The suggestion that the University should run a great newspaper in order to show the world how to do it is an interesting one and would have to be considered apart from the question of its use as a school...