Word: generalities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Work will go on for about two weeks, if the weather permits, under the general charge of E. C. Bacon '10, and coaches Stevenson and Brown...
...Kallen '03, of the Department of Philosophy, will give the first of his series of seven lectures on the general subject of "Beauty and Use: Outlines of a Pragmatic of Art" in Emerson F this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The special topic of today's lecture will be "The Pragmatic Method in the Philosophy of Art." The course is open to all members of the University...
...meeting of the Contemporary Club on "Adverse Tendencies in University Life." While in Philadelphia he will be the guest of Dr. W.W. Keen. Tomorrow he wll go directly to Charlottesville, Virginia, and on Wednesday will begin a series of three lectures at the University of Virginia on the general subject, "The Struggle between Collectivism and Individualism in a Democracy." On three successive days he will consider this subject from the separate standpoints of Industries, Education and Social Life, and Government. At the University of Virginia President Eliot will be the guest of President Edwin A. Alderman...
...Union last evening, was enthusiastically attended by a crowd which filled the room, the halls, and the gallery. G. P. Gardner, Jr., '10 led the cheering, and the singing was conducted by R. H. Hutchinson '10, Kanrich's band accompanying. A short cheer was tried and met with general approval. It is intended for cheering members of the team substituted or taken out of the games...
Scientific training as pursued in graduate departments of American universities has shown a general tendency to absorb a part of the student's time in college by dictating certain courses which must be passed before the more advanced work of the professional schools can be taken up. Undoubtedly students whose college life is thus narrowed by early specialization lose some of the broadening influence which it is the function of the college to impart. Carried to its extreme this demand by scientific schools for students who are at entrance already well grounded in their special subjects might defeat altogether...