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...graduate work in America. An English observer feared that we pay too little attention to developing the undergraduate in our endeavor to secure success in special research. These ideas in regard to graduate work suggest to us in America a warning. We must be careful not to lose sight of our ideals, nor of our general culture in the all-absorbing work of our special research. And yet there is no reason why the advancement of culture cannot go on still better in advanced study than in preliminary academic work. It is not possible for the graduate student...
Although the shifting of the University oarsmen continued yesterday, there seems at last to be a fixed University crew in sight. The crews rowed again without coaching as Dr. Hutchinson was unable to come to Cambridge in the morning, as was expected, and Mr. Higginson did not appear in the afternoon. The changes were wholly for the purpose of finally testing the prospective strokes, who appear to have been thinned out to include only Bullard, McGrew and Brownell...
Thursday, May 22--The translation at sight of passages from Greek authors, at 9.15 in Sever...
Friday, May 23--The translation at sight of passages from Latin authors, at 9.15 in Sever 39. The general paper at 2 in Sever...
...rapidly being choked with expensive buildings which will soon make the improvements impossible. Mr. Champlin gave as reasons for the Parkway: first, it would be of great convenience to the public in serving as a terminus for the driveway from Boston to Cambridge; second, DeWolf street is the best sight for the Parkway, as it is the shortest route from Massachusetts avenue to the river; third, it will not cost the city anything, as the new Parkway will greatly increase the value of property in Cambridge and consequently the taxes will increase...