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...facts more or less interesting and useful, but undeniably lacking in the element of brain culture. The proper building of a brain is still a subject of discussion. But that the system of education in vogue among the colleges throughout the land is highly defective, is proved by the success of the reforms inaugurated by Harvard, which declare as their basis the determination of the student to acquire at a university that knowledge and self-dependence which will enable him to complete his education in after years. The aim of the university, therefore, should be not to give a young...
Credit must be given Mr. Sullivan, the Steward of Memorial, for the interest he manifested in the Thanksgiving dinner. The success attained, in the arrangement of details of planning, cooking and serving, was due to his voluntary interest and personal superintendendence, not to any formal orders from the Board of Directors as some of the Boston papers seem to have supposed...
This system will be deemed almost revolutionary by many, but it has already been adopted by other colleges, and with success, Modern Harvard is devoted to reform. Let her spirit be shown in this one department that still flavors of antiquity...
...typographical appearance the book is all that could be wished. Slight errors will doubtless be found, but in such a volume of names and figures and general data, this is not surprising. That this year's Index is a success cannot be denied. To Mr. D. B. Chamberlain, '86, the editor, the thanks of the college are certainly due for a neat and well compiled volume...
...from the West and South is much larger than that of previous years. The catalogue as a whole is, perhaps, better than the last; it certainly contains a more satisfactory resume of the work of the various departments of the university. The editors are to be congratulated upon the success of their work, and we hope that the future work of the college will be as satisfactory as it has been during the past year...