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...signed. That is the student's affair and he must take the risk on the day of examination. But the hardest work of the student is not in the lecture room proper, though he may hear five lectures each day. The foundation of the work of after-life is often laid in the "Uebungen," or practical exercises. There are societies formed for the study of special branches, in which papers are read by the members in rotation, giving the results of special work. The writer knew of one man who prepared a paper for one of Prof. Mommsen's societies...
...lives. We must value human life as a whole, not through addition of happy and miserable men, but with respect to the unity of the whole of life. This is the reason why tragic experiences may have far more worth than experiences of mere placid contentment; for tragic situations often give a unity, an organism to life, that is missed in times of joyous contentment. This last point the lecturer illustrated from the Prometheus of Shelley, comparing the grandeur of the world of struggle in the early part of the play, with the comparative emptiness of the world after...
...tubs must be reset. The cost of taking out the bottom slabs, altering the sides a little and replacing the bottoms would be considerable, but it would be well worth the money expended. These tubs are in such constant demand in the afternoons that towards evening they are often far from pleasant to use. To remedy this evil would put the gymnasium in a state one degree nearer the perfection which it aims...
These resolutions were widely discussed, several gentleman calling particular attention to the opinion often expressed by the faculty that student's meetings seldom express real student feeling. This meeting, it was earnestly hoped, would not be of this character. The two petitions, the faculty held, only expressed the individual opinion of the signers; this meeting was called to give voice to the united sentiment of the college...
...chair: Greve, '84, Clapp, '84, Hubbard, '83, foster, '80, Bancroft, '79, and Carpenter, '85. Mr. Bancroft feared that he himself "was a possible evil, which the faculty was trying to abolish." Graduates, generally, he thought, would agree with the distinction between professionalism (an evil) and the employment of professionals (often desirable). Mr. Hubbard said he felt more and more the conviction that athletics was a matter which properly and safely could be left to the students. The evils complained of would naturally work out their own cure. Mr. Foster, '80, called attention to the evils felt by former classes...