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According to the Constitution, it is the duty of the President to administer and enforce the laws of the land, to advise the Congress on the state of the Union, etc. The Constitution does not require the President to be the great moral preceptor of the people. President Coolidge has taken unto himself this extra-legal duty, as has many another President. The late Theodore Roosevelt used to dispense moral pap while he was tossing the "big stick," like a juggler chatting with his audience while his eggs are in the air. President Coolidge, however, in his speech...
...says, revolves much agitation in University circles; he has, admittedly, chosen them from a mass of others an I he does not claim that any one constitutes an issue. Each, however, does bear direct relation to both the student and Dr. Little refers primarily to the undergraduate and his preceptor. The matters are, briefly, the attitude of the college or university toward its students; the dissatisfaction of the students with present methods of discipline and instruction; the wisdom of admitting to college those whose fitness is doubtful; and the relation of religion to education among college students Certainly these four...
...Highest honor in college, Phi Beta Kappa; most respected extra-curricular activity, Princetonian; favorite professor, McClellan; favorite preceptor, Nylander; favorite coach, Fitzpatrick; favorite dormitory, '79; favorite sport to watch, football; favorite sport to play, tennis; favorite novel, "Tom Jones"; favorite poem, "If"; favorite play, "Cyrano de Bergerac"; favorite movie, "The Woman of Paris"; favorite fiction writer, "Day" Edgar; favorite artist, Coles Phillips; favorite poet, Byron; worst poet, "Helz-Belz"; favorite newspaper, New York Times; favorite magazine, Saturday Evening Post...
...great preceptor, the University of Oregon, now presided over by one of your own disciples, would be enrolled among those who happily gather today to salute you. And the legend we would most reverently and cordially inscribe within the encircling wreath would be the vow that Rome once gave to her Augustus or her Constantine Vota...
...academic freedom triumphant. In the words of the Daily Princetonian: "Never in all its cultural history has Princeton taken such an intellectual step forward." The change consists in the reduction of Junior and Senior requirements by one course, and the substitution of individual work, under the guidance of a preceptor, to be checked by comprehensive examinations on the major field of study. At the same time, provision is made to divide the regular courses between the special field and other departments. President Hibben has given voice to the motive which prompts the charge: "With initial interest there comes knowledge...