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...jealous individuals. The past history of Harvard is filled with successes. Something more than insults is needed to convince us that the tide has turned and that our hope for the future is baseless. In the consciousness of noble aims and ambitions Harvard University may well thrust aside with little attention, the petty revilers of its good name...
...regular gymnasium work have lately received an addition to their ranks. Johns Hopkins University has gone so far as to prescribe steady gymnasium work as a requisite for obtaining a degree. A sound body is certainly to be desired in a student, but we consider it inadvisable to thrust a knowledge of the flying rings upon a man to whom such instruction is distasteful. Better far to use one's persuasive powers on recalcitrant gymnasts...
...Matthew Arnold Impressed Me," we have a glowing and well-written account of the effect of the English poet's work on a plastic mind. The personality of the author is thrust for ward rather more than propriety or good taste would allow in an article of this kind. Without wishing to be cynical, I find considerable presumption in its spirit. The talents of the writer give promise for a very fair future, but let him delay the publication of his autobiography until the world may fairly be assumed to be more anxious...
...powerful one; we love to see the old gods dethroned and new ones set in their places. Mr. T. S. Perry has unearthed a new god in the person of Ebenezer Jones, for whose poems he wishes us to make a place, even if we have to thrust aside "some of his more successful rivals, who are admired simply because they happen to be the fashion." Mr. Perry is an eloquent and skillful advocate, but we must not forget that "fashion" in such matters is usually right: if it makes a favorite of one poet, it is because...
...government should supplement college instruction by administrative training. There is no danger that the demand shall not equal the supply. Men need not fear that training in statistical science will prove to be a wast. A statistican should not be an advocate. He should not thrust forward his preconceived notions...