Word: fact
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...President Eliot's book consists of miscellaneous addresses and magazine articles written during the past twenty-five years. The reason of their being mainly social and political-a fact which at first strikes the reader with surprise-is explained in the preface; it is merely because the educational addresses and papers are reserved for another volume. There are, however, in this volume a good many passages relating to education, and one entire essay discusses the question "wherein popular education has failed." What is striking about the book, coming from the President of the oldest American university, is that his field...
...seem incomplete without one. We know how quickly the sympathies of an assembly are awakened by the stimulus of a good chorus. It has the same virtue as a college yell in that each man contributes his part to the common expression, and is conscious of his participation; in fact, the college song is the proper complement of the college cheer...
Only twenty-seven men handed in their names as candidates for the Freshman baseball nine yesterday. Last year there were forty-nine and the year before about eighty. This very poor showing is no doubt due in part to the fact that the call comes earlier than usual this year, and while many of the ball players are still with the Freshman crew squad, which has not yet been cut down...
...offered were carried unanimously and wholly without opposition, though discussion was invited. Moreover the manner in which the speeches were received, indicated that the conclusions reached were not the result of a passing wave of enthusiasm, but rather of careful consideration. Deliberate judgment has been greatly aided by the fact that the matter has been so long before the college public, and has been so widely discussed during the past four months...
...wish to draw attention to the fact that the rowing statements as published today appear through the Associated Press. Captain Goodrich is unable to confirm the article, as he has not as yet received any official reply to Harvard's challenge of December...