Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will you use that outside life? What will your boy make of it? There are shrines of all kinds in college before which he may bow. Best, I think, is the one that's built to him of the straight clean back and limb, who bends to no social set, whose vision is unlimmed b y specious show but who 'plays the game' and that's the shrine that shall last...
Lastly I do not think that the elective system has shown unexpected developments which will enable the present Freshman class to choose more happily than that of 1914. ALFRED WALTER...
...think that there can be little doubt that any set of restrictions worthy of the name will necessitate a considerable amount of thought on the part of students with regard to their choice of courses. It is not the difficult and advanced course that is lightly embarked upon and chosen as though from a grabbag...
...quality. We should sacrifice none of the mental power acquired under the present system, and we should have greater elasticity and ease of administration. It may be objected that many students would not acquire as complete a knowledge of some one subject, but it is generally conceded, I think that the chief purpose of a college education is population of mental power on the part of the student. It is platitudinous to say that nothing that one learns in college is of direct use in after life. Knowledge is a means, not an end. Whether that knowledge be concentrated...
...retain the Philippines at all costs. The military, political, economic and moral advantages have been duly paraded, but here is a stronger argument than any yet brought before the public: Think of the loss to American literature if that romantic tropical colony passed out of our control! Where else could a noble American officer parade through a jungle in a yellow wig and a ballet skirt for the love of a heroine named Inez, and brave a villain named Morang, and go through savage ceremonies with bolos and nipa and tuba and other atmospheric perils, finally to be buried...