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President Eliot on December 19, 1912, gave an address before the Massachusetts Bar Association on "The Causes of Dissatisfaction With the Courts." The current Alumni Bulletin has reprinted the address in full. Below the CRIMSON prints an interesting excerpt from it on one of the several points which were made by President Eliot...
...that public opinion is demanding reform. Here, certainly is another field in which Harvard University through the Law School may show that the higher educational institutions of the land have their thumb on the public opinion and are able and ready to prescribe remedies for social skills. As the current number of the Alumni Bulletin suggests: "Certainly the Law School as a constituent part of the University could make no greater contribution to the good fame of the University, or more greatly strengthen its own position for the future, than by teaching its graduates to take position before the country...
...communication in your Saturday edition, our friend Quintus Flaccus would be tempted to remark:--"Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus". Indeed the whole affair, from the mingled applause and that combination of 'hiss' and 'sneer' which so worries our friend, to the newspaper article, the letter and the now current argument pro and con, smacks of hyperbole...
...advantages of a society of this sort. He pointed out the wide divergence of opinion on economic question, which a stu- dent necessarily encounters in the University and the consequent necessity for a discussion of these opinions. The society would also aid students in formulating intelligent opinions on current political problems, such as the banking reform and the tariff revision. In closing Dr. Day emphasized the need of hard, conscientious work by every member of the society...
...notice with much interest a form of University extension work that is about to be tried by the New York University. It is a course on current events and problems and is open to students in the university as well as to outsiders. From time to time college papers appeal for such courses; here at last is a practical experiment to test their value. It will be watched by other colleges, and if it appears possible to carry on a course consisting of a series of lectures by prominent men on topics so unrelated and still make it of such...