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Progress toward the summum bonum in education has been slow during the last five thousand years but nevertheless it has been encouraging. We may trust the time will soon come when the great high schools of the country will give courses in merchandising, emphasizing the practical side of it, of course, as for example, teaching the eager youth of the country how to dispose of dry goods in the basement for five dollars that goes begging on the first floor at two dollars and fifty cents...
...professional schools, perfection of the three-year course for an A.B. degree, the development of the elective system--were all the result of keeping these ideals constantly in mind. In 1869, when he became President, Harvard College graduated one hundred and eleven men; when he retired in 1909, a thousand degrees were granted at each Commencement...
...words of the hymn are to be set to some familiar tune, such as "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand," "Alford," "Benediction," or "Integer Vitae...
...first concert of this nature that they have ever given. Tufts, Brown and other colleges have given concerts at Filene's recently. The Glee Club will sing "At Sea" by Buck, "On the Water" by Mendelssohn, and "The Long Day Closes" by Sullivan. The Mandolin Club will play "Thousand and One Nights" by Strauss, and "Venetian Love Song" by Nevin, and the Banjo Club "Big Ben" by Allen, and "Bull Frog Blues" by Brown. The Hawaiian instrumental quartet will play and the University quartet will sing...
Harvard and the country should not be blinded by a few thousand men enlisted in college training corps or the future possibility of universal training, and forget the immediate needs of the country. Congress and the Administration has time to act before it is too late. Let them strike while the iron...