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There is an old story of a South Sea missionary who spent some weeks building an elaborate sun-dial for his flock. When it was done the natives were charmed with the new machine. For three days they did nothing but admire it and talk about the new era it had inaugurated in the life of the island. The fourth day they appointed a committee to care for the treasure. And thereupon the committee, after much consultation and three adjourned sessions, proceeded to surround it on all sides with a wall and a roof a foot thick. Since then...
...Ringwalt '95 writes on "How to Improve Intercollegiate Debating." Considering the present prosperity of the University Debating Club, he thinks that the "artistic side" of debating has not been developed to keep pace with its popularity. Too much time is now spent on the process of narrowing the question to the issues, and too little on discussing the issues. This makes the audience feel that much is being said on irrelevant matters, before the sides come together. Mr. Ringwalt then suggests that a brief be submitted by each side to the other, feeling that the small portion of "surprise" thus...
...Gustav A. Andreen, at present instructor in Scandinavian at Yale, has been nominated for president of Angustana College, Illinois, by the trustees of that institution. Dr. Andreen graduated from Yale in 1894 and spent four years in postgraduate study holding a fellowship and acting as instructor in German till 1898 when he took charge of the department of Scandinavian...
...entrance examinations would make immensely more effective the work of the schools, and would simplify the machinery of the colleges. A very great amount of energy and time is wasted each year in the preparation at each college of entrance examination papers-energy and time which might better be spent in the regular work of instruction. There is, of course, some danger that the Harvard standards would suffer by a compromise with other colleges, but I nevertheless believe that it is possible to formulate examinations acceptable to the other colleges which will meet the Harvard requirements. Co-operation between...
Explanatory lectures on the regions visited will be given from time to time by the leader of the excursion, who will also act as guide on the Labrador coast where he spent the summer of 1900. It is expected that in Greenland and Iceland, specialists on the geology and physical geography of these countries will lead the party. Wherever possible the attempt will be made to increase the stock of existing information concerning the three regions. It is desirable, though not necessary, that applicants for membership in the party possess at least an elementary knowledge of geology. Citizens of other...