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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1910
Page
4
President Lowell discusses Harvard’s upcoming elective curriculum for the entering class, arguing a true education rests on a disciplined, broad yet concentrated plan. He warns against valuing athletics over intellect, noting football and other sports should not eclipse rigorous scholarly work in shaping a student’s future.
Harvard proposes a student driven program requiring a freshman to craft a comprehensive plan for remaining college study after the first year. The adviser reviews coherence, interests, and distribution of subjects to ensure broad, rigorous education over mere degree attainment. The aim is to raise genuine scholarship and reduce superficial majors.
Harvard President Lowell argues education benefits come from using opportunities rather than quantity. He cautions against overreliance on degrees and mechanical ratings, suggests younger entrants, and calls for safer sports, thoughtful scholarships, and regional collaboration for broader public education.
A long discussion urges starting younger entrants to college to exploit early promise, improve intellectual and social development, and support dormitory living with dining halls. It notes high costs of new dorms, calls for better supervision, and wants less rigid discipline through closer instructor contact. It also argues for safer football rules and improved faculty recruitment, while highlighting library and laboratory needs including space, endowment, and ventilation.
Dorchester St Johns Universalist Church on Virginia Street observed its 60th anniversary with a special sermon by Rev Howard Charles Gale the 10th pastor. The service featured vested choir music and tributes to past ministers with plans for semicentennial events Thursday and a reception after in the vestry.
Institutions in the neighborhood should cooperate to avoid waste of effort. If all universities and colleges around Boston joined on a common plan, they could provide a large aggregate of instruction without overburdening any single institution. A conference has met several times and is preparing useful cooperation plans.
Reverend Herbert Johnson at Warren Avenue Baptist Church praised Mark Twain as a great humanitarian with a serious purpose and ethical teaching. He likened Twain’s usefulness to Count Tolstoy, saying Twain was uniquely fitted for his generation and attentive to the world’s unfortunates.
Miss Lena Woolard leads the all female brigade in Revere with Ethel Hutton as deputy chief and Etta Osborne as captain. The La Coeur Club fire brigade operates informally, learns from the regular department, and backs summer camp fire protection at Lake Ponkopoag in Randolph. The touring car of girls responds to alarms, aiming to curb fires near the camp and in town.
The Gloucester fisherman Florance, which dragged ashore during last night's breeze, was hauled afloat today by a tug. It is not believed the Florence was badly damaged.
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