Word: deane
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...anxious mother who once wrote to Dean Hurlbut to please see that her son wore overshoes regularly was far wiser in the lore of Cambridge than tradition paints her. After all; it is not entirely absurd to ask that the ruling powers pay some heed to the condition of our feet,--by minding what it is that we walk on, and by ceasing to play at watchful walting with Providence...
...must either have a boss who is a brute, or be the slave to an idea which bosses him like a brute." Thus in a few words is stated the be-all and end-all of the disciplinarian's creed. It was something of this dogma which stood behind Dean Randall's remarkably outspoken address made recently to the alumni of Brown University. "Where Colleges Fail to Educate" was the subject which he chose, and it gave him a dozen opportunities to point the failures of our educational system. "Colleges lay too little stress upon punctuality and thoroughness...
...Dean Randall then passes to condemnation of the too-prominent position which athletics hold in our colleges, and counsels that they should be speedily reduced from their high estate. As a disciplinarian he could have made more effective attack upon athletics by praising them. Don't they teach our students punctuality? No man is ever twice late in reporting for football practice. Don't they teach thoroughness? No athlete who neglects the work required of him can win the success which he covets. Hence few neglect it. On the athletic field students are given complete and thorough examination...
...dean could more effectively attack athletics by praising them, by plainly recognizing that the natural interest of undergraduates in their bodies is fostered by a system superior to that of the classroom in its attempts to train their minds. Surely athletics must be reduced to a position of less importance in our colleges; there is no end which we desire more. But this end will not be accomplished by mere regulative and hostile legislation on the part of our faculties. Such regulation usually serves only to widen the gap between students and teachers and to give the undergraduates the sense...
...Dean Hurlbut, in his intimate talks with undergraduate visitors, seldom fails to remind them that attending college is as much a business as selling wool or building bridges, and that students must be businesslike in keeping their college appointments. That he needs to emphasize the value of such a homely, old-fashioned virtue as punctuality is daily demonstrated...