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Theme XII. will be due on May 15. The choice of subject and the manner of treatment is left to the writer. Notice of the subject chosen need not be given...
Theme XII. will be due on May 15. The choice of subject and the manner of treatment is left to the writer. Notice of the subject chosen need not be given...
...Religious Enthusiasm." The past thirty or forty years, he said, have witnessed a relapse in religious enthusiasm. Recovery will come from the impact of strong minds on men outside, and of this recovery there are signs. Men, in the past, lost their enthusiasm naturally, for there was a need of material stock in which Christianity could take root. The peculiar enthusiasm of his own generation, the speaker said, was rather political or purely intellectual than religions. Of this, war and the doctrine of evolution were the great causes. But with the coming generation there is to be a change...
...awarding aid; what else could be? But the gentlemen who have the distribution of scholarships in charge, have the privilege of using their discretion as to whether high standing shall be the only thing considered. In many cases aid is given to a student who is judged to need the scholarship most, although his standing in his class is lower than some others who apply for aid. In conclusion it may be said that it would be far better for those who think they have ground for complaint to find out whether it is a just one or not before...
...Harvard is generously equipped with scholarships which benevolent people have contributed for the assistance of needy students. Of more than seven hundred undergraduates probably over one half need, or think they need, pecuniary assistance. These scholarships are assigned upon the basis of the student's percentages appearing on the annual rank list. In such a large college the competition is necessarily great. Those who have been fitted at the Harvard preparatory schools of the Eastern States generally have the advantage from the start. Scholarships being regarded as prizes for high marks are often eagerly sought after whether needed...