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Although the question of pessimism has already been covered, yet it may not be out of place to make a special application of the principle of sincerity to the subject. The idea has in some way gotten abroad that a pessimist is a child of the devil, with notions accordingly diabolical. Yet the fact is that the pessimist simply believes that more misery than happiness exists in the world. The optimist holds the opposite. Everyone grants that an optimist who writes pessimistically should be condemned for insincerity. But few seem to realize that if a man's most sober...
Although it is not the purpose of the CRIMSON to enter into politics, yet as there is one subject now prominently before the country, into which the courses in Political Economy enter, viz., the silver question, we would suggest the expediency of procuring lecturers, either at home or abroad, who would treat the subject in the impartial way in which socialism was treated by Rev. Mr. Brooks. Where is the Finance Club? A stirring lecture from some prominent financier or able business man would do much to gratify a widespread interest in college. Active legislators are prone to sneer...
...modest-looking house of some fifteen rooms, in the old quarter of the town. But soon the University received a vigorous impulse to greater activity; students began to flock to Athens to study under the excellent German professors whom the King had imported, and wealthy Greeks at home and abroad began making endowments upon the institution. By 1848 most of the German professors had given place to Greeks, who had generally studied abroad. Since then the University, under the care of men who, unlike the German professors, speak the same language as the students, has grown rapidly; now it occupies...
When the spirit of improvement gets abroad and some of the more serious abuses are remedied, we would like to call the attention of the future council on improvements to the fact that the lecture room in Massacusetts is rendered uncomfortable by the absence of curtains. The sun pours in upon the burdened backs of the students with a fervor savoring rather of things below than above our heads. A slight expense would obviate the whole trouble and render comfortable a room which is at present a source of annoyance to many...
...topic which is of the greatest concern to all those who are interested in educational matters. As far advanced as Harvard may be, if viewed in the light of the many preparatory schools which are called colleges, we are still further distanced by the great university systems which exist abroad. The following clipping from a correspondent in the New York Nation throws additional light upon the subject...