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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...graduates of the older generation tell us of the almost total lack, in their time, of facilities for acquiring skill in public argument. An appreciation of the defects of our present attainments is the only thing which can give us any prospect of continued success. The experience of the past few years indicates plainly the lines along which improvement must come. The fact that florid and pompous oratory is becoming more and more discredited shows that precision in thought, clearness and force in argument are becoming recognized as the chief objects in debate. The large possibilities for improvement in this...
...said in effect: Paul teaches the relation which exists in every man's nature between the past and the present, and with authority, for no man has experienced a more sudden, more absolute change from his original self, than the great apostle...
Owing to the absence of the president of the college, during the past year, it has been the office of the dean to fulfil her duties, one of which is to make a report of the progress of the year...
...advance sheets of the Radcliffe College Reports for 1895, being at hand, it is possible to give an accurate, though necessarily brief, review of the progress of the college during the past year...
...necessity of better accommodation for students and teachers. As a matter of fact, no part of the Fay house is fitted for the present needs of the college except the library, and, although the building was overcrowded the previous year, the condition has been much worse during the past year. In general, the two great needs of Redcliffe are better academic accommodations and better opportunities for physical culture...