The Divinity Hall lectures, of which the first has just been given by Rev. Phillips Brooks, have a special significance. They are the first practical illustration of the university idea. The lectures are drawn from the most various parts of the university and bring their united weight to bear on the problems of a single part. Each speaker is invited to deal with some point in which his special vocation touches the thought or the life of students of Theology. Thus, the corporation, the overseers, the Law School, and the Medical School and the various departments of the college, each says its word to the Divinity School. This step of the Divinity School is an example worth imitating. It is good for the teachers, because it leads them to discuss the larger relations of their special subjects; and it is good for the students, because they hear the best advice of a great variety of specialists addressed for once to practical problems and needs.
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