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...idea of continental Europe in regard to the productive scholarship in the New World can be as easily as briefly stated: there is none. A widely read German history of civilization says this about American scholarship: American universities are hardly more than ordinary schools in Germany. It is true they receive large sums of money from rich men; but they cannot attain to anything, because the institutions either remain under the control of the Church, or the professors are appointed on account of their political or personal connections, not on account of their knowledge. The professors therefore have, naturally, more...
...shown in a spirited center-piece, and discussed at length in "A Letter from Willie." Both of these show a fine appreciation of artistic detail and both bring out one or two incidents which actually happened. The drawing might have stuck a little closer to facts, and still lost none of its merit, but on the whole the scene is reproduced in a happy manner. The letter also brings in a number of good points, which will rouse many memories, pleasant or otherwise, of that eventful night...
...thus far largely experimental, has proved entirely satisfactory. There was a possibility that the weight of the larger models, five to eight pounds, would cause the plaster mounts to break, when stood upright in the cases, but sufficient time has now elapsed to allow for any such accident, and none of the plaster casts show any signs of weakness...
...spring number of the Graduates' Magazine, which appears today, opens with a sketch of the life of the late Roger Wolcott '70, by Bishop William Lawrence '71, accompanied by an unusually good photogravure portrait of the late Governor. The article is written exceedingly well, and has none of the stereotyped dryness which is too often found in such sketches. the author has told the story of Governor Wolcott's life from his early school-days, and portrays the personality of the man with a happy appreciation of his character. This cannot fail to impress every one who knew...
...reduce the study of literary fashions to a scientific basis is difficult for two reasons. In the first place in literature there is no definite displacement of the lower by the higher--there is none of the unbroken evolution of a natural science; and secondly, literature is an art, and as such is subject to the individual caprice of the artist. On account of these two causes, it cannot be said at any one time that a given literary form is final...