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Because of the very large numbers of experiments necessary in an investigation of this type dealing with eyes which vary so among themselves, before justifiable conclusions can be made, and because of the routine work necessary for the experiments, the service of an assistant is almost an absolute necessity...
...estimate can be given of the duration of the experiment. There is a vast field open for an experiment of this type, but the present experiment will be terminated only when results fail to justify the means...
Yale cannot succeed with the revolution in present-day educational systems while the house is divided against itself. The administrative policy and the teaching system must undergo certain changes to answer the cry of men within the University for a more liberal type of education and for a voice in directing it. There are many sources of attack upon the present system. Some are unsound and easily disposed of; others are based on thoughtful consideration and merit action on their proposed demands...
...second type of attack is that of the dissenter who attaches to his Jacobinism a fervent howl for "liberal education." He proposes free choice in his selection of courses, with no bustles on this "lady" of ours. Herein there are several points to consider on both sides. The conservative element, if we waive any apprehensions of the undergraduates' tendency to "ride," through colleges, has more to justify the plan of adherence to specific requirements than has the vociferous liberal's plea for selection. In the first place, the degree must mean something. We don't want candidates at graduation presented...
...itself is an excellent desideratum the ideal of educating a man in the ways of educating himself. But while the liberal demands more "honors" courses, in the same breath he shrieks "Paternalism!" Do not these two war-cries run counter to one another? Both are pleas for the university type of work and condemnations of the "little college" idea...