Word: plans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...idea is to collect into one place full information upon each of the important topics of present history. The trouble with our careless, intermittent newspaper reading, is that we get but an imperfect, hazy, often incorrect knowledge of passing events. The purpose of the proposed plan is expressed in the phrase-to present a compendious summary of contemporaneous history...
...might be well to add here that the plan is carried out at Johns Hopkins on a very extensive scale...
...amount of that preparation for journalism, the want of which is so much felt just now. The two requisites of a journalist are, a knowledge of events that are occupying public attention, and the power to write well upon them. Our theme courses furnish us with the latter, this plan affords us the chance of getting the former...
...course, the trouble and expense will not be undertaken, unless the students are sufficiently interested to make use of the collection; and this communication has been written to present this plan to the students, and to find out, if possible, their desires in the matter. All, therefore, who are interested are invited to express their opinions and make suggestions or criticisms...
...important class of facts,- those relating to monopolies. And even if these facts in this form were not of great permanent value, the advantage to be gained from having them collated and thus brought forcibly to our notice at present, would certainly justify the adoption of the proposed plan. There are hundreds of students pursuing courses in political economy, constitutional history and law, to whom the collection would be of great interest and value...