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...coon-skins coats and football games" have received in the past. It is their purpose to interest the public in education by releasing to newspapers and syndicates the most recent contributions of colleges and universities in the field of science, and research. This is without doubt a worthy aim. Wider publicity on scientific study is to be desired. But the fact remains that college sports are spectacular, and college scholarship is not. The emphasis placed by the press on sports is also partly the fault of the universities themselves insofar as they provide elaborate equipment and build large stadiums...
...provide an interesting cross cut of humanity. For instance, No. 11, March 17, is graced by the stately form of Queen Mary, arrayed in jewels and characteristically erect. The next, No. 12, March 24, displays the crouched figure of Al ("Scarface") Capone. It would be hard to conceive a wider range of the human species...
Court Tennis. Henry VI of France liked this game so much that in his time people said there were more tennis-players in Paris than drunkards in England. Complicated then, it is even more complicated now by centuries of innovation. The court is longer, wider than a-lawn tennis court, a sagging net strung across the middle; a roofed gallery or "penthouse" near the ceiling, running around three walls, sloping from ten and a half to seven feet from the floor; an opening in the righthand corner of the end wall on the receiving side called the "grille"; an opening...
...exponent of poetical expression in such allied fields as Music or Fine Arts as well as in Literature. In this way the Norton lectures are considerably widened in appeal and the opportunity for cultural refinement to be found in their consistently high caliber is made attractive to a wider range of students than those concentrating exclusively in the field of literature...
...case of Harvard's a three year residence is almost a necessity before an intelligent acquaintance with its system of education can be acquired. The lecture, plan is merely the basis for the tutorial system and other such innovations involving a more individual and wider pursuit of learning. The emphasis placed by the administration on the importance of the last two years of college is an excellent illustration of the theory that the various phases of Harvard education are so diverse that sufficient time must be allowed the undergraduate to assimilate and coordinate them...