Word: beste
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college, interest in scholarly pursuits is decreased, degrees are given to many without the slightest real claim. Instead of an atmosphere of scholarship, the tendency is towards an atmosphere of professional training. The professors find little responsiveness in their class rooms, become disgusted, and do not give out the best that is in them...
...pedagogy. The difficulty of colleges and professional schools was in teaching young men how to practice. So in college or university, the way to advance the profession of teaching is to teach the subjects which are to be taught in the colleges and high schools and academies in the best manner we can. In Germany the teacher shows how the subject should be taught. In regard to the preparation of the teacher, he thought Harvard had done her fair share of the work during the last thirty years. The methods of teaching the principal subjects have fundamentally changed at Harvard...
...librarian of Rutgers college has offered a prize for the encouragement of the study of American literature. Twenty-five dollars yearly will be awarded to that member of the junior or senior class who shall write the best essay upon a subject assigned in the field of American literature. The subject for the present year is "Benjamin Franklin as a man of letters...
...Ladd was to give an astronomical observatory to Brown university. Many sites were considered, but it was finally decided to erect the building on the grounds given to the university by Mrs. Metcalf for a botanic garden and for such other uses as the university should deem best. The site selected is an excellent one for astronomical observations as the view is unobstructed, except toward the west, where it is cut off close to the horizon, but at no point higher than from...
...tuition fee has been raised to $125 a year. The interest of a prize fund of $2000 is to be awarded each year for the best thesis. Three new scholarships are announced...