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...problem is such a vast one that any speculation on it seems almost in vain. Year by year the College press here has alternately thundered and complained, and the only appreciable result has been that this year, at this early date, the number of "mockers" has grown to be legion. What it will become later at its present rate of increase, is a prospect we shudder to contemplate. Everything except extermination has been recommended hitherto, and we are now emboldened, as a last resort, to offer this remedy as of value for our troubles with the "mucker...
...drop was about even. The freshmen made the first heave and gained a little. Their gain was continual, with one exception, when '86 got in a good heave and regained a little rope. But it was all in vain, and when time was called at the end of the five minutes, '87 had won by nearly seven inches. The gymnasium immediately became the scene of frantic enthusiasm, as the victorious freshmen carried their team from the cleats...
...college studies. Thus, science teaching should begin early in the school course. English should be studied from the beginning of school life to the end of college life; and the order in which the foreign languages are taken up should be for many boys essentially changed. We should in vain expect such changes to be made suddenly. They must be gradually brought about by the pressure of public opinion, by the public opinion of the educated classes taking a gradual effect through educational instrumentalities. Reforms in education always advance slowly; but many of you will live to see this reform...
...castle and attempt to turn the Princess from her stern resolve. The king not only gives his consent but agrees to go with them, and the four set out to capture Castle Adamant by cunning. The next act is at Castle Adamant, and after several vain attempts to enter the castle the four wanderers dress themselves up as "girl graduates" and in this way gain admittance within the sacred precinct. Once inside they attempt to influence the Princess, but are discovered and cast from the gates in disgrace. This second act is full of clever satire and bright dialogue, showing...
...result of their investigations is embodied in the address of Prof. Hoffman in the following statement "that all efforts to find a substitute for the Classical Languages, whether in Mathematics, in the Modern Languages, or in the Natural Sciences, have been hitherto unsuccessful; that, after long and vain search, we must always come back finally to the result of centuries of experience, that the surest instrument that can be used in training the mind of youth is given us in the study of the languages, the literature, and the works of art of classical antiquity." Speaking further on the subject...