Word: needed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sittings for "group" photographs has come at last. The first notice of the season for a sitting is published in our columns this morning, and other notices of the same sort will probably follow in rapid succession. Some men take pleasure in sitting for photographs; to them we need give no urging. But many more either are quite indifferent to sitting, or find it an irksome task. To such we say only this. Failure on any one's part to comply with the requests made in the notices of the different secretaries of clubs and societies, not only inconveniences...
...enthusiasm of her students. Furthermore, Harvard has inherited from the past not only these blessings, but she has acquired that tone of broad culture which time alone can give. In her the lapse of years has done so much to remove crudities that for a long period yet she need fear none of her younger rivals...
...result of a want of personal enthusiasm for the sport on the part of the officers themselves. Lack of interest on the part of the officers is certain to result in the deterioration and possible dissolution of any organization. In the case of a bicycle club especially is there need of an active interest among the officers. It is only by a personal interest which arises from the sport itself, and has as its highest aim the promotion of that sport that the officers of any athletic society can hope to fulfill their duties properly and perpetuate the organization...
...should like to call attention to a communication on another page, in which the writer points to the need of establishing a school of Political Science at Washington. The matter is interesting not only to those who for themselves wish to get a practical knowledge of political and economic topics but for those who are anxious to see the civil service of our country bettered. It is likely that no civil service laws will be wholly effectual in getting good work out of our public officers, until these men are fully fitted for their duties by a course of training...
...books on the methods pursued in writing the examination papers. The value of this practice is very great. The knowing how to write a paper is often quite as important as the knowing what to write, so that criticisms on methods become extremely valuable. The number of men who need these criticisms is probably large; for, after almost every examination, it becomes evident by the marks that many of the men best prepared in the subject of the examination do not necessarily take the highest places. The weight of a man's intellect, while it is of great value...