Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...half, and, in these later years, with the development of the elective system, by which each man has fitted his studies to his needs, the University has come nearer to it. To one who knows Harvard there is something almost ludicrous, were it not for the sorrowful thought that the University is so misunderstood, in the cry of Harvard indifference. Because schoolboy ideals and codes are fast disappearing, because men will not be driven in a body, because a man thinks that above all he should seek to make the best use of those powers which God has given...
...word in conclusion as to why college men should insure their lives-perhaps you have thought of it already: They carry their capital under their hats; it will take time to realize on it; meanwhile life insurance covers the death-risk. You will find a copy of the Semi-Centennial History of the New York Life in the Library-if you wish for more information address...
...word in conclusion as to why college men should insure their lives-perhaps you have thought of it already: They carry their capital under their hats; it will take time to realize on it; meanwhile life insurance covers the death-risk. You will find a copy of the Semi-Centennial History of the New York Life in the Library-if you wish for more information. address...
...proposed system would injuriously affect the aim and direction of work.- (a) It would cause a larger proportion of the work to be done with the examination in view.- (1) The fear and thought of examinations would be more constantly present to the student's mind.- (x) Examination would be always impending: N. S. Shaler in Atlantic, Ixviii, p. 96 (July, 1891); E. A. Freeman in Nineteenth Century, xxiv, p. 641 (Nov., 1888).- (b) Such increase of work for examinations would be a great evil.- (1) It would tend to destroy originality and individuality: Max Muller, in Nineteenth Century, xxiv...
...best story Mr. Smith ever wrote. As a study of the lives and doings of "the other half" in our great cities it is excellent, and as a story nothing could be more interesting. In "Tom Grogan" Mr. Smith shows an amount of versatility of which few critics thought him capable...