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...preacher said that he had examined all the essays in the New Testament in which Christ is said to have shown anger towards them about Him and that he had found those classes of persons towards whom the anger had been drawn; first, those who endeavored to tempt Him to desert His mission and to put his power to a wrong use; second, those who used hypocrisy and feigned piety as cloaks for iniquity; third, those who wilfully rejected the truth or who prevented it for their own interest. Dr. Fisher discovered in the examples he read of Christ...
...true we have no training in the mechanic arts, a very practical sience. A university, however, does not at tempt to give technical training to this extent, nor would it be wise that it should. Those who advocate this training as a necessary part of a college education have a mistaken idea of the true position of a university in the intellectual development of the country. There is a wide distinction between a mechanical education and a university training. Abundant opportunities are given for the former at places of instruction like the Institute of Technology with its School of Mechanic...
...with certain articles of fare if these were replaced by delicacies or relishes more peculiar to the season. For instance, if instead of the hot soup, the interminable boiled cod and two kinds of heavy, greasy meats, there were substituted partly some lighter confections and gastronomic concoctions that would tempt the palled appetites of the languid habitues of Memorial, a general tender of thanks would be unanimously offered. And, too, in regard to dessert, we are now having the same old "stuff" that nobody has eaten for ten years. Why can't we have strawberries oftener, for instance? They...
...hopes are blasted! It is actually the abuse of scholarships which so frequently leads to the ruin of students. At all the Russian universities there are a great many free students and holders of scholarships; their number sometimes reaches and even surpasses half of all the students. These scholarships tempt many boys to enter the university who really have no business to be there. The son of well-to-do parents is rarely seen there - now less so than ever, since the universities have become the rendezvous of the proletariat that clamors first for bread and then for patriotic deeds...
...Cornell Era quotes from an address delivered before Havard Alumni in 1866 on the subject of "University Functions," words that can well bear repetition: "An indispensable condition of intellectual growth is liberty. Give the student, first of all, opportunity; tempt him with the best of teachers; lead him to the fountains of intellectual life. His use of these fountains must depend on himself. If, beside opportunity, the college can furnish also the inspiration which shall make opportunity precious and fruitful, its work is accomplished. The college that fulfils these two conditions - opportunity and inspiration - will be a success, will draw...