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...messages tell the story of the deep regard in which the scientific world held Professor Pickering. He was reckoned among the giants, but also he was possessed of the rare traits of courtesy, gentleness, kindness, and patience. Peristent to a marked degree, when convinced that he was right, he never failed to listen with careful attention to the views of others. Inspired with unbounded faith and enthusiasm in the work he was doing, he was always ready to change instantly any plan or belief, if convinced of its error. He was optimistic, trustful, and appreciative, of boundless energy...
...very fond of music. Although he had never had formal instruction, he had made himself a skilled pianist. His appreciation of music was extraordinary, and he had even essayed original composition...
...mistake the proper means of teaching us "how to think and to find out things for themselves." To paraphrase Dr. Lake further: "it is not how much we are taught, but rather how readily we attain the faculty for learning," which makes for success in life. We will never "learn how to teach ourselves by using books properly and by exploiting our teachers to the best advantage" if we seek in "peptonised information" for the "detailed facts which insure success in life." Education has been defined in two ways: "Individual effort," and secondly, "placing students so that they cannot resist...
...same type that has done so in the past--the trained mind. And by that I mean particularly the broad, cultivated mind that is peculiarly the product of the college of today. This is the 'lesson' that is learned at universities such as Harvard, and it need never be re-learned...
...issue of the Advocate has appeared and the critics say it is a good one, which is as it should be. We are pleased to notice that "Harvard's oldest and only" literary paper is alive and flourishing, though now we recall that it never actually suspended operations. It produced one notable issue in that time of trial and tribulation when the S. A. T. C. was at the door and many other organizations ceased operations. Need we praise it further...