Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...leading article of the current Advocate by Mr. Olmsted, head-master of Pomfret School, is of great interest, because it presents clearly and forcibly the opinion of most of the prominent preparatory school masters upon a present and vital question--that of the Harvard admission requirements. Mr. Olmsted believes "that quality and accuracy of work is much more to be desired than ill-prepared quantity." This is putting it mildly. Under the present entrance requirements so much work in so many different fields is demanded that the candidate for admission is literally swamped with the multiplicity of subjects required...
...most significant feature of the January "Illustrated" is the evident desire of the editors to make this magazine a forum for the discussion of real issues. Almost every vital human problem arises in connection with some undergraduate activity. There is an unfortunate convention to the effect that college life is somehow not "real life"; whereas life with one's fellows in any community gives rise to the same political and ethical principles. In so far as the "Illustrated" stimulates men to think and write about the big problems as these appear in the present interests and activities, it cannot fall...
...debating society has arranged an open meeting, with a subject of vital interest for discussion, and with speakers who are well qualified to argue the question. Such informal meetings should appeal to men who have no interest in competitive debating, and they offer a basis for the re-establishment of undergraduate debating on a broader basis than before. We bespeak for this experimental meeting the attendance of any who can spare an hour this evening...
Printed lists of numbers, such as the one which this morning summarizes-the vital statistics of the University, are apt to be dry reading. Unless one has detailed knowledge of the changes in organization that are constantly going forward, the gains and losses in particular departments carry little meaning...