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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been proven to have as large a brain as that of some of the great intellects of history. Only two animals have brains absolutely larger than man, - the elephant and whale. If weight has nothing to do with brain power, we must look elsewhere for its source; we find it in what is called the "gray matter...
...committee would be the first to deny the truth of such an inference. The practice exists - to a comparatively slight extent, to be sure - but still it exist; and as long as that is the case, it should be the aim of every true Harvard man to find some remedy which will remove it. It is absurd to shut our eyes to the evil because we believe it is less here than elsewhere, and to look for its disappearance if we refuse to consider it, simply because the discussion offends our fine sensibilities...
...Brahms overture is a noble work which gains with every hearing. For some reason or other it did not seem to find the appreciation demanded, both by its intrinsic merits and by the excellence of the rendering. While it cannot be said that Mr. Gericke's serenade is the result of genuine inspiration, there is good work there and a very charming composition is the product. There is plenty of room in the world for things of this sort. The unaccustomed division of the programme may have been welcome to the average listener. To the true music-lover...
...lectures had been reported and published in a Boston paper, hardly reflects credit on the member of the section, who for the sake of the small profits of a newspaper correspondent, went not only beyond the duties of a correspondent, but also beyond the laws of courtesy. We would find it hard to imagine such a transgression, on the part of a member of the college, if it had not actually taken place. To the instructor's very justifiable indignation, we would add our own condemnation of the offence. An instructor's lecture, delivered in the class room...
...They are told in a more or less general way about the cardinal points and the course of the sun and earth in the heavens. A mastery of this subject is given them, not by forcing them to commit the compass card to memory, but by telling them to find the direction of their own homes from the school room, and many other such practical ways. The teachers make tours with the pupils in the surrounding country, map in hand, and thus the meaning of the various geographical signs used on the maps is almost plastically impressed upon them. Such...