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...powers of the average Harvard man are far from wonderful or even creditable. The men who spoke last evening had fairly good ideas, but most of them were unable to air them intelligently and forcibly. Lack of practice has doubtless much to do with this condition of things. The want of self-confidence exhibited by many of the speakers was largely due to this lack of practice. There is no reason why, with the opportunities at hand, speaking should not be more widely cultivated and why there should not be at Harvard a debating club in which the college would...
...fact that it touches more elementary subjects and is thus of closer interest to college men. All of the courses, however, will be of great benefit to the University. The new department of pedagogy, which is an experiment this year, is succeeding admirably and is supplying a much needed want. What the University gives to its students loses much of its value in the world if the students in turn are not able to give their information out to others. To take this final step in the matter of education, the department of pedagogy has adopted the plan of giving...
...responsibility. To illustrate these evils, suppose there is a vacancy in the municipal government. The mayor is immediately surrounded by a horde of office-seekers, most of them members of the board of Aldermen which confirms the mayor's appointee. They compel him to appoint the man they want or refuse their confirmation. As a rule the mayor is forced to make a "deal." The appointee, too, must pledge himself to whatever the confirming board demands. This is the condition under which many of the appointments are made. The trouble lies in the division of the responsibility between the mayor...
There are serious objections, both practical and theoretical, to granting the mayor the principal power. The want of publicity of his actions would be one trouble. But this could be remedied by passing an act permitting any one to inspect the proceedings of the government. It is probably not wise to go very far at present. The change would be too great. Reforms must be brought about gradually. Nevertheless, some changes should be made now. The mayor should be given absolute direction of appointments and approvals and the executive department of the government The common council should devote itself...
There were two new instructors added to the school last year - one in Electrical Engineering and another in Astronomy. A new course was planned which has since been added - Anatomy, Physiology and Physical Training. A much needed want, that of a workshop for electrical engineering, has been filled through the gift of $10,000 from Mrs. Benjamin S. Rotch...