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...scarcely practicable to attempt in college a direct preparation for political life. A statesman (and in speaking of politics I give it its higher definition of statesmanship,) should be a man of broad education. He has to deal not merely with localities, but with the world, and his mental equipment should be such that he may comprehend the thought and movement of the world as thoroughly as a merchant comprehends the daily movement of the market. The broadest, the best education that a college can give, therefore, is the best preparation for a political career. The nearest that Harvard...
...small ball of cotton into which it curls itself, and its chief and favorite diet is the common house-fly. Professor Garman also has some salamanders and lizards in captivity which betray some intelligence, though the former is very muscular and a trifle ill-tempered, and resists vigorously an attempt to lift him from his nest of wet moss. The collection of reptilia in the Agassiz Museum, although it cannot be seen under the favorable auspices which our correspondent was as fortunate as to obtain, is nevertheless remarkably well worth a visit, for next to that of the Smithsonian Institution...
Professor Palmer announces a change in the management of Philosophy 4. According to the elective pamphlet, the course is defined as "Systematic Ethics. - An attempt to construct dogmatically a theory of ethics." It was the intention of Professor Palmer that the ethical systems of the English and German philosophers should be studied, compared and criticised, and that an attempt should be made by the instructor and class to form dogmatically a new theory of ethics. This plan has been changed, and the course will be conducted as it has been in the past. The works of the great German...
...Friday after Commencement was a perfect day for running; it was warm and still, and Wendell Baker, '86, had the good luck to have chosen it for his last attempt to lower records. Previously he had broken all the records from 100 to 220 yards, and on this occasion he intended to add the 80, 100, and 440 yards to the list. He did not succeed, however, in lowering the record for 100 yards, and had to content himself with tying...
Wendell Baker, '86 will attempt to better his record of 22 2-5 sec. in the 220 yards dash, at Beacon Park to-day. The race will take place at 3 o'clock, Messrs. G. A. Avery, George Goldie, of New York, and either Reid or Taylor of New York will act as timers. Rogers, '87; Fisk, '86; Wells, '86, and Lund, '88 will run with him, Wells on the three yard, and the others on the five yard mark. Baker will be separately timed at 150, 180, 200 yards respectively, besides, of course, very carefully at the finish...