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...have the first few years of his life after leaving college severely injured. If the authorities wish to weed out from the list of its members those who are dishonest the best way, the just way, is to expel the offenders at once and for all, but not to thrust their faults upon the whole University and upon the outside world into which they must enter...
Flying buttresses were found necessary to receive the thrust of this system of vaulting. They were at first rather awkwardly constructed but in the thirteenth century became more graceful and ornate. The foliate ornamentation of the Gothic capitol rivals in beauty of line and surface any of the Greek forms, and the sculpture, though inclined to the grotesque, resembles the Greek in some of its methods...
What must have been his emotions? He came to bring them the Gospel and they thrust him out. Yet this is only typical of his general treatment. We find nothing but wonder and sorrow that they should so misjudge him. There is no trace of resentment, though...
Furthermore, college graduates have a heavy responsibility thrust upon them in this matter of art. The general public looks to the college bred man to direct its taste in art. The wealthy turn to them to guide in the eredtion of public museums, galleries, or monuments. The call is urgent and practical. With this lofty purpose in view, the study of Fine Arts surely deserves serious and earnest application...
Harvard has long been endeavoring to make some improvement over this state of affairs, but, it must be admitted, without great success. Each year there are thrust upon the English department from three to four hundred students who are sadly incapable of writing their own language well. With this mass of unformed material to develop, the wonder is not that much of the undergraduate English remains unsatisfactory, but rather that any of it is ever really satisfactory. It is to be hoped that the preparatory schools will before long come to the aid of the college, and build...