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Such being the general point of view of the lecture, the particular topics next discussed were: (1) The objection that the modern doctrine of evolution, in assigning a "low origin" to all significant things, deprives the world of all higher and ideal significance. (2) The objection that empirical students of evolution are often unaware of the teleological and ideal nature of their own presuppositions, so that it seems doubtful whether their presuppositions actually have this ideal character. To both these objections the same response was made. The doctrine of evolution has its purely naturalistic as well as its teleological side...
...members are admitted to its various meetings and it will expedite matters greatly if the freshmen will join at once. There exists among many freshmen an impression that they are being systematically bled to support the institutions both of the 'varsity and of their own class. Consequently they assign all sorts of excuses as reasons for not contributing more generously. It is scarcely necessary to say that this impression is an erroneous one and the sooner they relinquish it the better. It is a duty they owe the college and their class to subscribe liberally to the maintenance of their...
...raise the dignity of the office of instructor to bestow it upon graduates within two years after they have received their degrees of A. B. Every, year this practice is continued will make it more difficult to secnre better men. Moreover it is unfair to the students to assign courses to such inexperienced...