Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
IN THE COLLEGES.

| In this case gross lnefnclencN III
| Guided among other things. the in
| fiction of corporal punishment. Bar
| ring dismssals, the sentence is the
most severe ever inflicted upon Il
| teacher in the schools of the metrop-
! Oils.
Preparing for debate at Nassar
| involves considerable work. 1t hap
pened this Year that the annual inter-
| society contest was a discussion of the
| immigration problem. The partici-
| pants. besides putting in six weeks
OF general study, went to Ellis Island
tor a first hand view Of conditions in
| general ana for a talk with the Gov
ernment officials. Tie Nassar debaters
| by this time surely ought to know the
status of the alien.
A good example of the Laboratory
| method" of teaching is furnished by
simmons. where advanced students in
| the secretarial courses are doing the
most practical kind of work. Lectures
on difficult technical subjects are
given by members of the faculty, and
these the young women who are study
ing typewrting and shorthand are re-
| quired to report and tranSerlbe
Further than that the students are
| often sent out in groups of two or
three to report various public ad-
| dresses in the city. The corporation
| OF the college has chosen Edward ID.
| Brandegec ef Brookline to succeed the
| late Edward II. Nichols of Cambridge
| on the board of trustee
| 1t appears that the University of
| Nebraska is not yet certain that it
wants to move outside the city limits.
| In fact, there is a well defined move
ment on foot to keep the present site.
From Pennsylvania comes word that
an energetic campaign is on foot to
| increase the attendance at morning
prayers. In this connection it Is no
sacrilege to remark that when chap
el services are held al SIS A M. it is
pretty nard to convince the average
| undergraduate that few minutes of
religion are as valuable as the same
number of minutes of sleep.
| Extension work, similar in many re-
spects to that which is conducted by
| the great State institutions of the
Middle West. is being tried by the
University of Cincinnati with salts
| factory results. BY means of extern
al courses the benefits and privileges
| OF the classroom are opened to tine
people of The city and the college is
| enabled To increase its influence and
prestige. Those taking these external
courses may be divided into two class
| es. First there are those students OF
| the university who wish to get as
much out of their education as they
| can; for them examinations are given
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| ed; second. there are those citizens of
| Cincinnati who are in pursuit of gen.
eral culture. and who register for the
courses simply as auditors. These
persons are business men, club wo-
men, and industrial workers and in
| fact represent that class that desires
just what a college has to offer. but
is urable to get it during the day.
| Convinced that 1t cannot and having
no wish to compete with the complex
and many sided Institutions of high
er learning. the University of the Pa
cifie has east all its university am
billions to the winds and decided to de-
| vote itself to strictly collegiate edu-
cation To this end the music and
preparatory departments have been Sc
gregated and henceforth the institu-
ton will be known simply as the Col
lege of the Pacific. A high grade of
| classical scholarship will be it's aim.
This college is one of the Oldest in the
| West and has not experienced the
| mushroom growth that has been the
lot of so many of our big universities.
Ding, Dong, Bell!
| Wellesley students have a cat
song written by an undergraduate poet
| who has carefully concealed her iden-
| tity. 1t reviews the case whereby the
college received SO much advertising
| pursued there.
Ding. dong, bell.
| Pussys in the-well.
| Call it Wellesley Lab"
| Who put her in?
| My! 1t was a sim
| Who found it out?
| A reporter, without 4 ubt.
| Weren't they the cruel people
| Thus to harm poor pussy cat.
Who never did a bit of harm.
| But caught the mice in Wellesley barn.
N. Y. World.
There are three candidates for the
| position of alumnae trustee of Smith
The names upon which the graduates
are now balloting are those of Mrs.
Susan F. Albright. 81. of Buffalo. Miss
Elsie NJ. Willard, ga. of Pittsburg and
Miss Ada l.. Cumstock, 81, of Mime
| apolis.
Courses in journalism and home
| economics appear to be popular at the
University of Wisconsin. Both de-
partments report large enrolments.
Reed College, that new and interest
| ing Oregon institution of which DR..
William r. Foster. formerly of Har-
ward and Bowdoin. is president, has
set itself some pretty high Ideals. 1t
will strive continually for first
grade of scholarship. will admit no
students ION condition. and Will
carefully scrutinize character and
education of all prospective under
graduates. The college is to be open
to both sexes. fraternities for the
present at least are to be barred and
the ban will be placed on intercollegi-
ate athletics.
Heading some of the criticism re-
Gently hurled at it. the Harvard Grim
son has decided to adopt new sys-
TEN of competition for the positions
on it's editorial staff. Instead of max
ing news gathering ability the criter-