Word: vitals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Although the question of the advantages of classical training is one of vital importance to every student, we have thought best heretofore to say very little on the subject beyond what we have clipped from other papers, as we felt sure our readers would probably hear enough of the discussion. The appearance, however, of Prof. Hofmann's address at Berlin, and the two reports of the Philosophical faculty of that university seems to warrant extended comment. As our view of the pamphlet in question seems too long to be inserted in any one edition of the paper, we have decided...
...practice, and the training for off-hand speaking is excellent, as every member is put on his mettle, and while likely to be judged unsparingly, if he has ability it is quickly appreciated. Again the reproduction in the petty theatre of the rivalry of the leading parties brings the vital issues at stake in a simplified form before the members, and yet shows the real difficulties of general legislation; while too the individual members have to make a study of the peculiar wants of their constituencies, they gain much valuable information, which cannot but broaden them in their judgment...
...proper, and of course more particularly of the outlying districts of the town, it must be said, take a very passive interest in all that concerns the college and the current of college thought. Between the icy embargo of its withered aristocracy and the nonchalant indifference of its more vital plebes, in this respect there is little to choose. Harvard University has become cosmopolitan. The city of Cambridge remains provincial...
...reason why Harvard should not become in time equal to Berlin, but it will require years. The public as yet is indifferent. It does not see as clearly as it ought to the vital connection between the State and education in all stages, high as well as low." - [Interview in the Badger...
...regard to the kind of influence exerted by the various clubs of alumni, the Magazine says: "The life and influence of the college is thus set to radiating continuously throughout the country in a new and powerful way heretofore unknown. Reunions are held, reinforced and vitalized anew by visits of committees of genial and eloquent professors. Bright and promising young students in the community are made the subjects of a splendid college missionary interest. The charm of the spirit of this particular college or that is made to enter delightfully into their minds. They begin to grow to the college...