Word: aims
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With but three papers in the field the success of each should be assured, especially as of these three, the Lampoon, the Advocate, and the DAILY CRIMSON, not one conflicts in aim or purpose with another. There is room for each, and each should succeed...
...Shall the freshman continue the study of Greek and Latin, or of Mathematics or of modern languages, or of science, or shall he devote the remaining three years exclusively to English studies; shall he choose those branches of study which he finds most pleasant and easy, or shall he aim at building up his powers where they are most deficient; shall he lay out his college course as a foundation for his chosen business in life, or as a foundation for broad living? The fact that these questions are answered so differently by persons whose opinions are worthy of consideration...
...inevitable fact that almost every large institution, be it established in the interest of literature, science, or art, or be it purely educational in its aim, rapidly gains for itself some peculiar quality or name that stamp it among like institutions. Therefore it is not to be wondered at if the members-let us say students-at such a college (for such an institution is a college,) are distinguished by certain general characteristics. It may be that a man has no inclination either for one or the other qualities which are the symbols of the two colleges between which...
...sense are practically one) has sprung up within the last few years a circle of historical students and writers, particularly in American History, not yet firmly enough bound together by common ideas, or united under a common leader to form a school, but united enough in general subjects and aim to exercise in the near future a decided influence. Of the younger generation of historians this circle at Cambridge is the most promising. Besides the Harvard instructors there should be named as belonging to it, T. W. Higginson, whose current articles in Harper's are expected to form the basis...
...with regard to their future studies. It is too often the case that what is termed a "soft course" is far more likely to engage the time of a listless or indifferent student than that elective which is, perhaps, above all others especially fitted to his requirements and future aim in life, but which has gained the rather opprobrious epithet of a "stiff course." It therefore behooves the members of '87 to consider and arrange with no ordinary care and forethought the various electives, which they may select. No college in the country offers such inducements or imposes such responsibilities...