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That the board of directors be requested to instruct the steward to keep the price of board as near $4.10 as possible. If the price should at any time exceed the maximum ($4.25) decided upon, the steward shall suffer such penalty as the directors may hereafter determine...
...never been the object of any college journal at Harvard to instruct ; all from the start have been eager to disavow any such purpose. There are, perhaps, three wholesome influences at Harvard to prevent any growth of pedantry among her students: the universal attention given to athletics, the sharp and sincere intercourse of college society, and the watchful influence of college journalism, have all combined to keep a certain practical and real way of life and of thinking prevalent among all classes. In former days a similar result was brought about, as the editors of the first Harvard Register...
...general transactions of the society shall be on a cash basis, but it shall be allowable for the board of directors to instruct the superintendent to give credit, limited as to time and amount, to any specified member of the society, who shall deposit with the treasurer a satisfactory bond or other security to the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Such bond must first be approved by the treasurer and the directors from the Law School. The time of credit shall not exceed two weeks, nor extend beyond class day, and the amount of credit shall not exceed...
...year ago a School of Political Science was founded at Columbia, and Michigan University has lately followed the example of the former college. The usefulness of such a school must be apparent to every one. If American colleges could educate young men in the theory of government, could instruct them in finance, political economy, and diplomacy, could fit them in manners and learning to become our worthy representatives abroad, our politics at home would become purer and more dignified, the cry for civil service reform would in a great measure cease, and we should no longer be disgraced abroad...
...first element of a good teacher should be - after his competency to teach - that he takes a vivid interest in those he is to instruct. He should attempt to know them more than superficially, and to understand their peculiarities and ability, in order to make his instruction as beneficial as possible to each individual. For students cannot all be run through the same mould, like bullets, but allowance must be made for individual taste and proficiency...