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...there is another side--the social side--which should not be ignored. However strongly we may oppose making the dormitory a unit in University life, it cannot be denied that it is desirable that men living in the same dormitory should become acquainted with each other in some natural way. The diversity of interests and the mingling of classes and members of professional schools in many dormitories create a tendency against this, and it is such innovations as dormitory rowing which, when kept in their proper position, will be most effective in combatting this tendency. We trust that the various...
...courses of Professor Clemen? To hear the best German spoken with the authority of a famous scholar is the best possible discipline one may have in this country, both in language and in the history of art. I do not urge a balance of public courtesies for we cannot offer official hospitality on the scale which a centralized government has at its command; but I trust that our academic greeting to this distinguished guest may be so cordial as to justify to him his generous service of the University. Very truly yours, FRANCIS G. PEABODY...
...question,--"Has mankind on the whole advanced?"--than any actual definition or answer. Mr. Bryce points out that material progress, which is obvious and easy to determine, by no means involves intellectual and moral progress. The sum of human happiness, which ought to be a certain index of progress, cannot possibly be measured, either as to quantity or quality. The conclusion, as stated by Mr. Bryce in his final paragraph, is scarcely gratifying to the generally cock-sure twentieth century optimist. "The bark that carries man and his fortunes traverses an ocean where the winds are variable and the currents...
...reception tendered to new students by the Phillips Brooks House Association tonight deserves a very large attendance. Although it cannot take the place of the annual University reception in the Union, its more informal nature makes it especially helpful to men who are coming to Harvard for the first time. The speakers are representative men--few of them far removed from personal experience with undergraduate life--and well adapted to their audience. The majority will probably not require to be urged to be present; but it may do no harm to suggest to those few who consider receptions fit only...
...have been established by the government in the various provinces and together with civil service reform are strong evidence of the recent and growing nationalistic movement in education. Professor Moore says that there are unusual opportunities for American college graduates to teach in these new schools, as enough teachers cannot be found to meet the growing demand...