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Recent conferences between the University Debating Club and prominent graduate coaches of University teams make it probable that several important changes will be made this year in the system of debating. Although the present method of conducting University debates has worked successfully, it is still thought to be imperfect in several respects. The probable changes will come in the system of preliminary trials for debates, in the method of choosing judges, and in the work to be done by the second or alternate team. In all trials for University contests it is recommended that the men who have debated against...
...behalf of mankind. Even the doctrines of the Council of Trent may be purified by this moralization: the Papacy becomes the assertion of the need of unity: Trans substantiation the change of the 'idea' which makes us feel the presence of Christ: Purgatory the hope of restoration for imperfect souls. So, in the dominant belief of a later time, inspiration becomes the association not only of Prophets and Apostles but of all Christ like men and writings in the redemptive, uplifting work of the Saviour. The Atonement in a reconciliation in mind and deed to God through the self-offering...
There are three devices for promoting a good mutual understanding between the home and the school: "Pupil Study," "Parent's Meetings," and "Education Societies." These are as yet more or less imperfect but they are decidedly promising. Through these or similar devices, the individual home and the community will gradually learn that every educational demand puts corresponding educational problems to the school, that these problems can be solved successfully and wisely only by professional teachers working in the school, and not by laymen; and that patience and a willingness to experiment intelligently are indispensible in the wise solution of educational...
...satisfied with the recent development of the football squad. The one important fault is the slow starting of the backs on line plays. Brilliant individual work behind the line has resulted in large scores for Yale in every game this season, although the team work has been imperfect. The warm weather lately has been a great drawback to fast practice and it has made the team a little languid at times. This, however, seemed to disappear in the game with Bates on Wednesday in the rain, when for the first time the backs had sufficient life...
...story of life in a Canadian lumber -camp. The setting of the story is well-chosen and the characters are fairly well delineated. The dialect, however, is crude, and the full dramatic possibilities of the final scene are not realized. "The Sea," by a. P. Wadsworth, is an imperfect sketch of a very common place type. In "Uncle Paul," William James, Jr., has strung three incidents, not closely related, into a connected story. "The Hum-Drum Company," by F. R. DuBois, is out of the ordinary run, and after the writer once gets started, the story moves easily, needing...