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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...demands is much more difficult than one generally thinks. The standard of journalism, as illustrated in the average newspaper of this country is low, partly because it lacks well trained and cultivated men and partly because the wretched state of the public mind is not satisfied with anything higher. There is, therefore, a need for improvement in the tone of journalism that we may have more journals in this country to compare favorably to those of Great Britain...
...desires influence he must first learn to forget his own strong points; if they are virtues they will speak for themselves. There can be no higher aim and no better way of becoming influential for the best than getting a message from God and letting it take absolute possession...
...School in the last Graduates' Magazine calls special attention to the need of increased requirements for admission to the School. The requirements for admission as they stand now are barely equivalent to the examinations for admission to college, and with the increasing numbers in the Medical School, and the higher standard of medical study itself, the requirements should be increased. The Harvard Medical School should take the first rank of any schools in the country: the extension of the course to four years was a decided step toward a higher standard of education, more attention is given to certain branches...
...Eight are in Germany, one in England, one in France, one in Athens, and one in Honduras studying American Archeology. Eighty-three of the students have received there degrees at Harvard. The rest come from all parts of the country, representing, in all, sixty-eight colleges and institutions of higher learning. The influence of the University, and the breadth of its field cannot be better shown than by the stand which the Graduate School takes in the opinions of the colleges of our country...
...Faculty, at their meeting on Saturday morning, took action upon the college papers and their relation to the Department in English, which will undoubtedly induce more men and men of higher standing in their classes to compete for positions on these papers than has been the case in the past. The Faculty have determined that men who have taken honors during Freshman and Sophomore years in English, and who are elected to positions on the recognized papers of the University, may be excused from certain work of the English Department which the professor and instructors of the Department may name...