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...believe that those who support the new crusade often fail to grasp the real evils which have called forth this reform movement, because of a certain mental obstinacy on their part in only considering one aspect of the evil. It is true that it does no particular harm to attach to the term "professionalism" the peculiar connotation which is given to it by the Advertiser writer. We do not believe, however, that under a categorical examination he would still hold that his description of the evil covers all cases and is a satisfactory basis of argument. Professionalism is too formless...
...terms "smattering" and "superficiality" in knowledge, are frequently used with a great deal of effect nowadays; and yet we think that there is much to be said in favor of smattering in knowledge. Reproach can properly attach to the smatterer only when in the arrogance of half-knowledge, he attempts judgments only open to the specialist. Every man to a certain extent must be a smatterer. It may be necessary to lessen the preponderance of time given to the classics in a liberal education. This many are ready to admit. But that the common ground of studies prior...
...wildly improbable rumor is afloat about the college conveying the story that a prominent member of the Harvard faculty asserts that the present is to be the last year of compulsory prayers at Harvard. We do not attach much credit to the story. Such a fact of course could be within the bounds of possibility, but we can see no reason why it should be considered probable. There is of course the chance that as the Harvard faculty grows narrower and more stringent in its ideas, the corporation will become more liberal and broad-minded,-that while...
These being the facts in the case, what inferences are we to draw from them? It would seem to be a fair inference that the college authorities attach very little value to the honor of a student who is accused of a misdemeanor, and that they are content to reason from effects to causes and motives without regard to the man's word. No man in college was more trusted and respected than Mr. S., and those who know him know that he would not be guilty of a dishonest act such as the faculty have practically convicted...
...that the mid-years are so near at hand the old complaints about examination methods occur to everybody. While a certain number of disagreeable features always attach to these periods from the nature of the case, there are certain abuses which can be to a great extent remedied. One of these abuses is the uncertainty one always feels after having completed his papers as to how near the truth he approximated in his answers. We do not refer to the custom some instructors have of not giving marks, as this needs no comment. But a mark alone is always unsatisfactory...