Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Looking at matters from an undergraduate point of view we can comment but imperfectly upon the article in the last number of the Nation entitled "The College Grindstone." The article is entirely in line with the recent speech delivered by Owen Wister, in which he deplored the lack of American scholars. Its substance is that American teachers are so over-burdened with academic duties that they cannot give the time and energy necessary to individual research, and that American scholarship is sacrificed to instruction...
...words of eminent authorities, will pave the way for a gradual improvement in real scholarship. To our undeveloped minds this ideal seems nobler than devotion to original research, and until financial resources make possible the parallel development of the two ideals, we must hold that the leading authorities of American universities are justified in devoting their energies to the propagation of learning which is valuable although...
Theoretically, everyone agrees that American scholarship should advance to a par with that of Europe, and whenever local conditions make that possible we feel sure that the American desire to excel will not be confined to securing a balance of trade in agriculture. Practically, there are many obstacles to overcome, and these obstacles are not such as will appeal to conscientious teachers. They appreciate their first duty, and recognize the fact that scholars have no place in a country until the humdrum task of education is provided...
...Union tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. He will describe the use of Esperanto in Europe, and the recent convention in Cambridge, England, where 1400 Esperantists from 25 countries were gathered. At the conclusion of his address he will give actual demonstration of conversation in Esperanto with some American students of the language...
Walter Camp, of Yale, published last week his selection of the All-American football team for 1907. One Harvard man, J. W. Wendell '08, is given a place on the first eleven. P. Grant '08 and J. M. Macdonald '08 are given places on the second and third teams respectively...