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Dates: during 1880-1889
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High scholarship is supposed to show itself in high collegiate standing. The student's sincere desire for the one and his ambition for the other ought harmoniously to work together in urging him on to do his best. Probably this idea was never realized in fact, even when all members of a class in college took the same studies throughout their course; under the elective system it is directly contrary to fact. The Harvard student today, in choosing his electives, finds that, in three several ways, the two motives which ought to act in unison are wholly antagonistic...
...very extended and liberal course by a large faculty. The system followed is that of "election by terms." By this method the average student is less likely to become a mere literary grazer than he would be were he, at the commencement of his sophomore year, without any clear idea either of what he ought, or of what he would desire, to study, brought face to face with a broad and unrestricted course extending over three years, and told to pick and choose. The accommodations, however, for those desiring to pursue special courses, or to pursue the regular...
...might be made pleasanter by having only a general superintendence exercised by Dr. Sargent or an assistant, the men of the different squads to be under the direct command of leaders or captains chosen from amongst themselves as the other athletic captains are. This would relieve them of the idea that they were going through a college exercise, while the general superintendence would keep them up to the mark and prevent shirking. This plan, with three hours of regular work each week, would not fail to turn out a much stronger and better developed...
...have come from his pencil, beginning with his work in the Lampoon, which will always be popular. Crude in their style and faulty in their execution and showing a hand still untrained, these sketches are full of life and meaning. Every little line of the face conveys some definite idea and is as expressive as the maturer production of later years, showing an in-born talent for portraiture and caricature. From that time forward his methods and execution have steadily improved. His illustrations of Grant's "Little Tin Gods on Wheels" are of as much value as the trilogy itself...
...enlarge the law school facilities. This department is in a very prosperous condition. The number of students exceeds the number studying the same subject in our Austin Hall. Among the other pressing needs is that of a dormitory for the women attending the various departments. This is a good idea. The number of women is large and some good boarding place near the buildings is a matter of necessity in a large city like Boston...