Word: minds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tradition that college men should write college stories. There are so few Flandraus! Mr. Crane chooses a graduate of "L--" College for hero, and though his plot is highly imaginative he succeeds in presenting a very much more convincing picture of the normal undergraduate state of mind. Mr. Courtney is sensational: he breaks away from his cherished George Ade tradition and gives us "A Romance of the Reel" that would need more than the usual expository interpolations in large white type and interpretative music by the talented young lady to make it intelligible even to a trained "movie" audience...
Evening classes, of course, are not adapted to all subjects. A course the material of which is largely factual, is best given in the morning, when the student's mind is more attuned to prosaic things; and very large courses are probably also suited more to morning hours. But, on the other hand, discussion courses and courses on theoretical subjects, of moderate size, can very likely be handled to greatest advantage in the evening, the time most conducive to reflection and philosophical inquiry...
...With manhood suffrage goes manhood service.' Until we recognize that principle the country will never be safe. If we bear it in mind, we shall accomplish a great deal toward preventing...
...Respect and obedience to superiors will be confined to the period when the members of the Regiment are actually undergoing instruction; l.e., at drills, or other military formations, and during the lectures, schools, etc., which they attend. It must be borne in mind that "courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline," and that obedience to the will of the superior is the cardinal principle of proper military control and its resultant efficiency...
...evolution to be given by Prosor Caullery of the Sorbonne during the second half-year. Such phrases as "the survival of the fittest" and "the struggle for existence" have been thrown to the front anew by the embroilment of mankind in Europe. Men would do well to bear in mind Professor Caullery's two half-courses before making their selection. They are primarily biological; yet they should throw some light on the eternal social questions, "Is evolution progress?" and "How can it be so guided as to mean improvement...