Word: idea
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Before an artist can be definitely engaged to paint the protrait of Dean Shale, the committee must secure some idea of the amount which can be raised from members of the class. All Seniors are therefore asked to contribute at once; and, since the painting will cost $1,500, every man should contribute as much as possible...
...Social Study," said that what we need in education is the establishment of a social point of view. The school is a secondary institution which brings out the best of society, and social conditions influence the subject matter of the schools. In education, two things are in opposition--the idea of culture, and specialized training. Culture must be relative to social conditions. We need to remember in education that teachers must be broad-minded and that thus democratic efficiency can be effected...
...last speaker was President Eliot. Apropos of Mr. Storrow's remarks, he declared that what we need to realize and act upon is that a democratic society is going to be divided into four layers. Contrary to this doctrine, the present school system has been organized on the idea that every boy may be President of the United States. This idea no longer accords with existing circumstances, since it ignores these four indispensable layers of democratic society; first, a thin, upper layer, consisting of a managing, leading, organizing class; second, a layer comprised of handworkers, who make their living...
However binding on the free mind orthodoxy may come to be, it contains the kernel of immutable truth. The resulting evils are caused by the emphasis of the non-essentials, the bare shell of the idea being emphasized to the exclusion of the true meaning...
...form of bonds and 47 Brattle street has been taken as a club-house, a steward engaged, and necessary arrangements made. The club will afford a place where men interested in legal topics may meet and discuss matters of common interest. The most prominent men engaged in pushing this idea are W. W. Aldrich '07, W. Taft, Yale '07, of last year's Yale crew, and R. T. Bangs, Princeton...