Tufts College Graduate, Volumes 11-12Tufts College, 1912 |
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Page 220 - ... You are welcome to the use of the schoolhouse to debate all proper questions in, but such things as railroads and telegraphs are impossibilities and rank infidelity. There is nothing in the Word of God about them. If God had designed that His intelligent creatures should travel at the frightful speed of fifteen miles an hour by steam, He would have clearly foretold it through His holy prophets. It is a device of Satan to lead immortal souls down to hell.
Page 12 - Great as is the power of moral and intellectual forces, we have before us a task that few comprehend. It is for us not only to institute the measures necessary to curtail this awful waste of life and property, but to bring conviction to the masses that this question can not be handled successfully by a few people.
Page 141 - Writer enumerates the three popular fallacies as follows: "(1) That the public high school is merely a college preparatory school; (2) that all high school studies must be made interesting and attractive to the pupils; and (3) that the high school must teach many subjects that will prepare students to 'make a living.
Page 219 - Living is cheaper there than here, however, and in addition to his salary he is furnished with a dwelling, a certain amount of garden land and wood for fuel. His dwelling is generally in the same building with the school. His position is of considerable local importance. Aside from his duties...
Page 11 - Editors should be urged to use the greatest care in the selection of material for their publications, and to eliminate as far as possible such matter as would incite the people of one nation against another.
Page 10 - ... have worked largely through conventions and publications, endeavoring with their limited means to bring about a different state of things. We need to avail ourselves, with larger resources and better organization, of every avenue of education and influence in the great work. First among these is the schools. Here is our greatest opportunity for impressing upon the young minds — those who will soon undertake the responsibility of the world's work — the true principles that should govern international...
Page 175 - Latin verse or mathematical logic: he is to be a man of quick perceptions, broad sympathies, and wide affinities, responsive but independent, self-reliant but deferential, loving truth and candor but also moderation and proportion, courageous but gentle, not finished but perfecting.
Page 87 - ... is an emblem of innocence, and the badge of a mason ; more ancient than the golden fleece or Roman Eagle ; more honorable than the star and garter...
Page 10 - ... the world, literature consisted largely of the stories of conflicts, and much space and time were taken up by these descriptions in histories. Fortunately recent histories show a marked improvement in this respect, though there still remains too much that has a pernicious influence upon the young.
Page 12 - A person is interested in that in which he has an investment, either in time or money, and it is this investment, this responsibility, that the friends of peace must take upon themselves if this problem is ever to be solved.