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...Sargent has proposed the following plan for training candidates for the Mott Haven Team this winter. The men will be divided up into squads according to the events for which they wish to compete. Dr. Sargent and Mr. Lathrop will then assign exercises calculated to produce proficiency in the particular events. Each squad will have a leader and will be under the direct superintendence of Mr. Lathrop...
...says he has studied the English method thoroughly, and is so impressed with the good starts effected at the various meetings in England that he is determined, if possible, to introduce the system into this country. This is the way Mr. Myers says it should be done : "First, assign each man his mark, and inform them not to get into position until told to do so. The men must not be allowed to walk around hitching their pants, etc., but must stand bolt upright on the mark. Second, tell them to set themselves. Do not fire the pistol...
...been found impossible to assign any other day than Saturday, May 10, the day of the class races, for the examination for honors in Greek. The examination, however, will be held at 9 A. M. instead of at 10, as usual, that men may be enabled to attend the races...
...severest punishment which could be inflicted, next to expulsion, was the much dreaded degradation. This, we learn, "consisted in placing a student on the list, in consequence of some offence, below the level to which his father's condition would assign him; and thus declared that he had disgraced his family...
...made up as follows. Find for each student the values of the electives in which he has received a certain per cent. (By fixing this per cent. at 60, 70, or 80, the tendency to superficial work could be repressed.) Arrange the students in the order of superiority, and assign to each position in this list, the per cent. which won the same relative position in the proficiency list. This plan, it is evident, gives as much importance to the quantity, as to the quality of work. It seems strange at first, but it is reasonable, and it would correct...