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Yesterday, in the Guiteau trial, Davidge delivered a forcible and eloquent speech, bringing out all the salient points in the case, tending to show Guiteau a responsible being. Guiteau has prepared a speech which he wishes to deliver before the jury...
...every one ought to be conversant. The reason seems to be that most of the electives are too technical, and deal too much with details to offer attractions to the specialist in some other course. To remedy this, a few general courses, which should aim to give only the salient features of the subject, might be introduced...
...wise enough to suggest a complete remedy, but of one thing I am convinced; more time ought to be given to review in class. Here the instructor might pass rapidly over the past work, emphasizing the salient points only, and bringing into clear relief those facts and principles necessary to an intelligent understanding of the subject. Without such guidance the student may wander fruitlessly among the treasures of Rome, not knowing that he stands before the masterpieces of Michael Angelo and Raphael...
...change I would suggest to the present Senior Class is to abandon this farce of class lives, and have a large class-book with pages assigned to every man ever connected with the class. Have a brief simple history, comprising some few salient points, such as date of birth, name of father, and time connected with class; let each man write the secretary at least every two years, and from these letters let his "history" be collated by the secretary. It is absurd with such large classes as we have now to attempt individual lives of every member...
...important question to be the purpose rather than the practicability of these contests, naturally refused to send delegates to a convention designed to carry out an idea that the callers of the convention refused to discuss. One of New England's ablest writers had already stated the more salient advantages of such contests, and had failed to convince any large body of our students. We do not pretend to judge the motives - they were probably of a mixed nature - which led representatives of some of the younger and smaller colleges to pronounce oracularly on the irreproachable nature of this embryo...