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...political body, is a benefactor of his country and prophet of his day and his generation. When Jenner introduced vaccination into the domain of curative and preventive medicine, the reactionaries pronounced him as an enemy of mankind, but the next generation held him up as one of the greatest benefactors of the human race and erected statues to his skill, his service and his memory...
...Goodwin spoke on "The School and the Home." He said in contradiction to Dr. Peabody, that it is the public school and not the home that has the greatest influence upon education. The non-success in teaching is due to the failure of the teacher to get into communication with the parents. If the ideas of the parents and the teachers do not converge to a common end, good results cannot be secured from public schools. Moreover, since the greater proportion of the boys who leave school on completing the elementary grades, find themselves inadequately fitted for earning wages...
...might appear on the surface. The CRIMSON realizes the difficulty of securing prominent men to speak on political questions; but felt justified in comparing the tangible results of last year's efforts with what has been accomplished this year. So far as the University was able to judge, the greatest good for the greatest number had not been achieved. There was no intention to compare the Political Club with the partisan organizations proper, merely with their very apparent energy. In the future at any rate we may expect to see the club take an active part in affairs...
There are undoubtedly many men here now whose opinions on this live topic will be of the greatest help. Communications on the comparative advantages and disadvantages that Harvard offers to the westerner, will be gladly received; and especially any suggestions on how these advantages may be brought home to the future college men of the west...
...times when we need the advice of political leaders on questions of national and local importance, it is not rallying to the occasion. Much as some disapprove of the methods adopted, there is no doubt that this country is undergoing an unprecedented moral awakening, that lends the greatest importance to the coming campaign. It is an opportunity for the Political Club to become an active power for good; but if neglected, it will shake our confidence in the ability of undergraduate organizations to deal ably with the larger questions beyond the horizon of college life...