Word: paths
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Choose then at the beginning of this New Year which voice you will heed, which path you will follow. Now the paths are near together but they will rapidly diverge and soon will be separated by too wide a gulf to be crossed...
...excursion companies, and a skilful handling of their proposals must result in offers of very low rates. If some move is taken thus early those details which generally make the near approach of an event the signal for trouble and confusion, may be settled gradually and a comparatively easy path opened for those in charge...
...straightforward character which made him so much esteemed by all the college in the few months he was with us. To the younger classes who come here too late to know him, his name will be handed down as that of a man who, though difficulties stood in his path, fought his way to Harvard for the good it could give him, and who by his manly character won for himself a lasting place in the hearts of the University...
...have charge of the college yard, ought to see that it is fit to walk in. Most of the important walks, to be sure, are laid with boards, but there are others, and others, too, which are used very generally, where the mud is allowed full license, unprotected. Such paths as those leading from University towards the gymnasium, and especially that from the east end of Grays to Massachusetts, are very convenient, and even more muddy. If it is too late in the season to lay boards, or if lumber is unattainable, ashes form a very good substitute...
...preparation by the teacher and the appearance of work entirely artificial are grave errors. The idea of compelling students to learn a list of unimportant things is an old established error. It is a study in itself to learn what to leave out and what to remember. The middle path is the one to take, but for the selection of this path, one must make a careful and serious study of the facts. The helps of careful preparation and bright and entertaining illustrations are necessary for successful teaching. Excess of logic is out of place. Children do not care...