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...were rich with suggestions for those who could profit by them. His early life, before he came to this country to be-come in an almost accidental way a teacher of the teachers in Greek learning, was shrouded in a mystery, real or apparent, which he always refused to dispel. Born near Mount Pelion and educated in the Mount Sinai Monastery, he, for some unexplained reason, came to this country when a young man, and after a period of study drifted into teaching, and became finally one of the most distinguished members of the Harvard faculty. [Times...
...affair of routine, that the sum of their duties lies in a general mastery of the text-books provided, promptness in recitations and at lectures, if there happen to be any, and good lessons when called upon to recite. It should be the office of professors and teachers to dispel this erroneous or rather imperfect conception of the means and methods by which an education is to be obtained ; but on the contrary they too often encourage it, because it makes their recitations appear to advantage and saves trouble. It is a lamentable fact, however, that the men in college...
...well in some event. As the success of the meetings is materially increased by a large number of entries this diffidence a great drawback. I have been very much struck with this ever since I have been connected with the association and I believe everything should be done to dispel it. I have no doubt that there are some men in each class who if they were not afraid of "making fools of themselves," as the saying is, would make very creditable records and add to Harvard's prizes at the in tercollegiate games. The practice of sending cards above...
...cleverly does this writer dispel with a sweep of the pen all the arguments of the ministry against dancing. "If the Rev. Mr. Harris," he says, "who so grossly insulted all devotees of dancing at his church in this city last Sunday night, would lower himself enough to look down upon one such scene as this, he would at least be compelled to confess that the human form is capable of more poetry than can be found at the average gossipy tea drinks." And then with a grand burst of philosophical sentiment he exclaims, "And does a creating Divinity forbid...
EDITORS OF HERALD: The victory of the freshman crew in the Columbia class races ought to dispel immediately the current report at Harvard, that the Columbia freshmen have not done much more in the way of boating than organize a crew. Their victory in the class races at Columbia has served to direct our attention to our own freshman crew, and we feel justified in speaking plainly of its work in your columns, since the freshman race with Columbia is eagerly watched by all those interested in freshman athletics, and inasmuch as this race is considered in nearly the same...