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...question from an aesthetic point of view, and in the eyes of these the unsightly appearance of the fence is its chief fault. It is believed, also, that the erection of a fence will create opposition to the athletic interests of the college in the minds of those whose good will would be of value...
...advantages of the elective system as deduced from both theory and practice, says the New York Times, may be briefly summarized as follows: To the man whose object is general raining, who wants an education only that he may enjoy its broadening influences, the elective system opposes no obstacle; the required system is, if efficiently carried out, equally valuable to this class, but it is not more so. But to that much larger class who want an education to train them for some special calling, or who have a special fondness for some one line of study, the elective system...
...subject because they are thoroughly interested, their old position as natural and hereditary enemies is lost sight of, and both the quantity and the quality of the work show the advantages of harmony and enthusiasm. There are no laggards to hold back the rest, while the very men whose lack of comprehension of a subject would under the required system, tend to laziness and failure are often enthusiastic and successful students in the department where their talents take them. Another great advantage is that useless courses or incompetent instructors are left in solitary state. In this way the instruction...
...previous studies qualify him to pursue, and, second, by the advice of his parents and instructors. If one who lacks only four or five months of citizenship is unable, with these aids, to make a wise choice for himself, the probabilities are that he is an imbecile, whose subsequent fate does not matter much. But even if we allow some weight to this argument it tells still more strongly against the required system. For if a man of 20 or over, with the united wisdom of friends, parents, and instructors to back him, cannot select a suitable course of study...
Yesterday's Boston Post has the following in regard to the gentleman who is to lecture here tomorrow night: "Of Walter H. Page, whose New York letters to the Post are familiar to its regular readers, the Richmond (Va.) State says: 'Mr. Page is a North Carolina, and the "Old North State" will find in him a worthy son and representative. The day is not far off when he will be one of the foremost leaders of public thought in the great metropolis of the country...