Word: realing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is placed by many at the head of descriptive music. The picture is most real and interesting. It is hard to conceive of any one who cannot see the merry-making justices in their joyful dance, the interruption by the storm, and the gradual clearing of the sky. The scene by the brook also gives a glimpse of the woods, with the movement of the water and the music of birds. The composition is one which can be heard often and enjored more at each performance...
...There is a plain recognition in the resolutions," says the Princetonian, "of the failure of some features of the Harvard plan." It must be admitted that, owing to the unfortunate action of the overseers, no other conclusion is open to an outsider who has no opportunity of knowing the real facts of the case. But when the Princetonian adds, "notably of the part of it which takes away all restraint upon exercises under the pretext of giving freedom," it is apparent that our contemporary is letting imagination supply the lack of information...
...Frederic Harrison. All are severe in their denunciation of the evil tendencies of the competitive system; but perhaps Professor Harrison more boldly attacks the system than the others when he declares that it "is bullying, spoiling and humiliating education. Examination papers, not textbooks, have come to be the real objects of study. The system of distinction and prizes is absurdly overdone. Art, learning, politics and amusements are deluged with shows, races, competitions and prizes. Life is becoming one long scramble of prize winning and pot hunting, and examination, stereotyped into a trade, is having the same effect on education that...
...sake, but as an instrument for securing prizes and scholarships. And it too often happens that knowledge is not sought at all, but merely the scholarships and prizes. A false, superficial learning, a knowledge "crammed" just before examinations often serves as well, or better, than the more steady and real growth in knowledge. Again, the student narrows his work. He will not improve the many inviting chances for supplementary research and investigation which will broaden his whole knowledge of the subject at hand. Why? Because this is not required in the preparation for the all important examination. The rational part...
...First, that as they stand now, they can never get the sanction of the faculty, without which they remain inoperative, and secondly, that the overseers who voted against the resolution-headed by President Eliot and Phillips Brooks-are the liberal, progressive men of the university, under whose direction the real reforms in college work have been carried through...