Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 61: June, 1896
But all this change has not been without its evils. The true work of the college was for a time thrust into the background. The term grind became Opprobrious in proportion as the athlete became more of ahero. But the tide has turned now. The intellectual Spirit has begun to reassert itself. It may be the part of a larger move ment - that our universities have succeeded in educating the business classes, and a higher intellectual standard is set in the business and social world without. Whatever the explanation, the fact remains, if the testimony of com petent observers may be trusted, that while the college is drawing from the same classes as before, the average stu dent comes here with higher ideals and steadier purpose. He comes now not so much for athletics or social privi leges, but because he wishes to study here. The debating renaissance is but one development of a deeper movement. The student body is realizing that its name is derived from study. The intellectual element is gradually getting the upper hand again. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
