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...Bryan does not seem to be inp09sscession of the facts as far as I can sec. I cannot understand how a man's belief in evolution can interfere with his being a Christian if he wants to believe in Christianity. It seems to me that whether a man prefers to believe that his original ancestor was made out of mud or whether he thinks in the other hand that his ancestor was an ape he ought in either case of appre- ciate the social value of the teaching of Christ. I am not in the least discomposed by Mr. Bryan...
...message from G. B. Shaw said: "As the amoeba does not understand birth control, it cannot abuse it and therefore its state may be the more gracious ; but it is also true that, as the amoeba cannot write, it cannot commit forgery; yet we teach everybody to write unhesitatingly, knowing that if we refuse to teach anything that could be abused, we should never teach anything...
...Princeton the course is still the unit. At Swarthmore the individual is the unit. And when the Harvard system is in force throughout the entire college the individual will be the unit of instruction, but he will come to understand his subject is three ways instead of one. Those three means are: through his courses, through his tutor, and through his own independent efforts...
...Bailey, Medical Advisor to the University, declared last night when questioned as to the nature of monoxide gas poisoning. "Monoxide poisoning is of a very dangerous nature. Frequently we hear of death resulting from persons inhaling carbon monoxide in the same manner in which, as I understand it, M. Geer was overcome...
...helpful if his suggestions and criticisms are cheerful and constructive, and frankly expressed to the University, rather than to the public, and if he withholds public criticism at least until he is sure of his facts. And he should realize that, without inquiry or study, he cannot appreciate or understand the difficulties and complexities of a great University. In many instances, on such inquiry of study, he would doubtless withhold his criticism. And to rush into print, even into the print of the much too limited field of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, without knowledge of his facts, is obviously, unfair...