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...almost eight years since President Eliot, after forty years as head of Harvard University, became President Emeritus, and although he is still a familiar figure among us, we may fail to appreciate the relation between the work and the man. The outstanding feature of President Eliot's leadership was his belief in the possibility of developing the individual and his invincible faith in the value of freedom as the great educator of men. His most important reforms--the creation of the professional schools, perfection of the three-year course for an A.B. degree, the development of the elective system--were...
...bequest of a collection of books and reports concerning railroads by the will of the late Robert D. Jenks '97, of Philadelphia. Mr. Jenks was a lawyer, especially interested in railroad problems and statistics, and his collection is valuable. The library has lately received its regular shipment from England. Among the books received was a complete set of "Punch" for the Farnsworth Room...
...Among the undergraduate body, the thought of democracy is farcical, Men come to college at the most plastic stage of manhood, when it would seem they ought to be willing to accept a man at his own value--according to that man's ability, his intellectual vigor, his social capacity. Is this the case, or is there not rather a wide gulf between those who live in the little frame houses in out-of-the-way streets, and those who inhabit the gold coast; those who make the clubs, and those who don't? One could hardly object...
...Harvard University" is almost ready for the press and will probably go on sale within a month. This book is now published once every ten years by the University and is edited by the Memorial Society. The object of this Society, which was founded in 1895, is "to foster among students interest in the historical associations of Harvard and to perpetuate the traditions of her past," and to it has been committed the preparation of the Guides. The first edition was prepared and published for the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Cambridge...
...other departments of the game, however, Princeton is much more favorably situated. Considering last year's records and the work in the cage this year, the nine will be above the average in both hitting and fielding. Captain Driggs, Tibbott and Lee, among the veterans of the 1916 team who will in all probability play this spring, stood respectively second, third and fifth in the list of the team's hitting averages last year. There are three other candidates for the nine who all bat in the neighborhood of 300. The weakness of the 1916 squad in batting was noticeable...