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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...information about him must be obtained from such works of his disciples as the Memorabilia and Apology of Plato. For more than a generation Socrates was a familiar figure in Athens engaged in free and gracious teaching. There are two points in his instruction which must be considered; his subject matter and his manner. To understand Socrates' manner, he must be marked off from the so called Sophists. Until the fifth century BC. education was of a most ordinary character consisting of reading, writing, a little music, and gymnastics. These were not sufficient for an education, so before the middle...
...regard to his subject matter. Cicero says Socrates brought philosophy down from heaven to earth. Socrates did not agree with his predecessors who tried to solve the material universe; all this was folly and mere fancy to him. He believed that the natural sciences were reserved by the gods for themselves and that all attention should be placed on that which deals with conduct. He was not a systematic thinker like Plato and Spinoza. His great achievement was that he taught the importance of clearness in thinking on ethical questions which is called his inductive process of thinking...
...very powerful article appeared in yesterday morning's Post on the subject of intercollegiate athletics. It is an article that every man interested in the present athletic situation would do well to read for it goes right to the heart of the matter and contains a condemnation of the professionalism which is now so prevalent. The game with Princeton last Saturday and the meeting held in New York last week are made the basis of the article. The writer says that a state of athletics when protests and affidavits are even necessary is not the state which should be sought...
...upon this question. While the sentiment of the college is justly in favor of a dual league, the details of that league are of too considerable importance to be settled at once. The provision that any action of the football board, to whom the question was entrusted, shall be subject to the ratification of the college is, therefore, a wise one. When the preliminaries of a dual league are settled, it will then be time for the college to take definite action...
...Cumnock proceeded at once to state the reasons for which the meeting had been called, using as a text a letter from Mr. Francis M. Weld '60. The scope of the letter was that Harvard should take some stand against professionalism, and after the letter had been read the subject was thrown open for discussion. Honore '88, moved that Harvard offer to Yale to form a dual league in football. The motion upon being seconded, was fully discussed by speakers from the floor, and Mr. Hooper '80, read two letters, one from Mr. Robert Bacon, of Boston, the other from...