Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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THERE seems to me to be room for a difference of opinion in regard to the subject discussed by the author of "Literary Ruskinism" in the last Magenta. He objects to the manner of conducting recitations now followed at Harvard, and thinks the object should be to point out to us "the beauties of idea and expression." He likens the present system to that Mr. Ruskin prescribes for the cultivation of the artistic taste, and objects to this, both because it upsets our faith in our old ideas of art, and because, if I understand, it is a system...
...paper, is followed by a choice little essay on "A Chew o' Tobacco." Did space permit, we should be only too happy to quote it for the edification of our own readers. Knowing that this College is a "mixed" college, we are not surprised to learn that such a subject as "Wife, Man's Best Treasure," is a favorite one for essays; nor does the following decision of the editors puzzle us, "that it is no breach of etiquette for a lady to greet her gentlemen classmates on the street with a bow of recognition, although she may not have...
...While in the subject of electricity, the sphere of communication was wittily termed sparking distance by a promising Junior." - College Courier...
...character or intellect, for the part they wish to play. Few there be to whom this question, squarely faced, does not afford ample scope for profitable reflections on the past and good resolutions for the future. We have two extremes in college to whom a consideration of this subject would be highly advantageous, - the one easily recognizable, and in fact the ordinary object of moral disquisitions; but I would refer more particularly to the other, namely, to men who sometimes take the highest college honors. Thanks to the system of instruction now practised in the college, a man may pass...
...practice of writing for college papers is advantageous, is an idea firmly fixed in the mind of the Harvard student. Many other articles in his creed have been cast aside, but for half a century the truth of this has been undisputed. At the present time, however, this subject is rendered not altogether inappropriate by various considerations, chief of which is the fact that the Sophomores are to discuss it in their next theme...