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...Marsh has lived for years among tramps in both Europe and America, studying their habits and character, and is an expert social worker. At the time of the Baltimore fire, he was called to Baltimore in order to get the tramps out of the city, so as to lessen the difficulty of supplying food to the inhabitants. He is a speaker of wide reputation, and an authority on his subject...
Within the lifetime of some of us science has changed the aspect of the world. It is a question whether science makes the individual more or less hopeful or immortality. Alone, science may be said to lessen the belief of the individual in a future life. An immense majority of men live without any idea of immortality, a large group regard the hereafter as one of man's inventions, while a third, and much smaller class, lay hold of the life hereafter as a governing influence in this...
...editorial discussion of the custom of some instructors in asking unimportant questions on examinations is the only thing that justifies the current number of the Advocate. It is fair to suppose that not all the instructors who ask trivial questions on examinations are influenced solely by their desire to lessen the effectiveness of preparation by printed notes; a broader policy, however, of asking more general questions would be fairer and, as the editorial points out, should produce more lasting benefits...
...from the engineers retained by the parties interested; the counsel will put in briefs concerning the various points of discussion; and conferences will be held, for a time not to exceed four days, between the committee and the opponents of the plan. This system, it is hoped, will greatly lessen the time required to come to a decision...
...College to divide their entrance examinations into more than two groups, when this extra division is recommended by a responsible teacher. This change is largely the result of recommendations of Dean Briggs and of the efforts of the Harvard Teachers' Association. It will not in any way lessen the amount of work required for entrance, but will tend to make admissions easier for candidates who have not been able to prepare in the usual...