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...Great praise is due the managers of the Harvard Illustrated Magazine for the energy and zeal they have displayed in calling the attention of the University to the need of a larger gymnasium. Perhaps no one factor has contributed more to arouse the interest in physical training than the building of the Hemenway Gymnasium in 1878. Seventy-five per cent. of the school and college gymnasium directors in the United States have received at least a part of their training in this institution while attending Harvard's summer courses in physical education, and the stream of influence that has been...
President Eliot was the first speaker. He said in substance, that he had been greatly impressed during his recent travel in the South by the great gains education is making there, the most significant feature being the rapid growth and development and the improvement in quality of the secondary schools there. Harvard and all the great universities have especial interest in this gain of the schools. The prestige of Harvard must be maintained before the country by the conspicuous success of its graduates. The changes in the methods of education in the last 40 years have emphasized the value...
...chairman of the Committee on Admission has suggested in his report to the President that the regular Harvard entrance examinations in June be abandoned, and that those conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board be substituted. Such a change could not fail to be of great advantage to the University, for the present system is much too restrictive and old-fashioned for modern use. To get into Harvard now, it is necessary to go to a school where the special subjects required are taught, and to decide on this College a long time in advance, in order to take...
...present time there is a great diversity in the theories of government, each authority having his own views. Professor Lowell closes his book with a warning against thinking that causes which have had certain results under one condition will have the same results under a different condition. Other authorities warn us against treating government as a machine. Government is, however, not only a branch of knowledge, but a branch of action. Since ancient times advance in the theory of government has been made equal to the advance of science. By observing the practical operation of government in foreign countries...
...Wednesday P. Withington went in at No. 5 and Hooper returned to No. 6 in the second crew. On Friday L. Withington was able to take his place again. During the week Coach Wray laid special stress on the recovery, and on Friday this seemed to be in great part attained. During the long row far down into the basin and back, the recovery was good, the boat seemed very light, and glided well between strokes. The second crew did not have much chance to develop during the week, as the order was repeatedly broken up by sickness...