Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Those who have the most to regret give for their reasons, first, the failure to do conscientious work; and second, the inability or indifference with which they chose their electives. As to an incentive towards the former, we can offer no plan by which a Freshman can be convinced that it is his duty before anything else to do conscientious work in his studies. Our article concerns only the selection of those studies from which a man is likely to derive the most benefit in graduating. What electives one should take for the purpose of making a specialty of them...
...College year draws to an end, there is one matter in connection with undergraduate journalism that we wish definitely to comment upon, once for all. At the time when the Yale papers chose to "excommunicate" the Acta Columbiana, we could not sympathize with their hasty and discourteous action; but so long as there was a doubt, we preferred to make no editorial allusion to the affair. But the doubt exists no longer. The Yale papers stand convicted before the college world of a breach of courtesy toward an exchange whose merits would seem to entitle it to the highest consideration...
...convention adopted the rules of the National Association of Amateur Athletes, and chose the New York Athletic Club Grounds at Mott Haven for this year's meeting, which comes off, under the constitution, on the last Saturday in May, - the 28th. It was also passed that a committee of two be appointed by the chair, to expend not more than $150 in the purchase of a championship cup, to be held each year by the college taking the greatest number of first prizes, the names of the college and the individual winners to be inscribed on the cup. $25 additional...