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...little more than a bare list of the different courses, and it gives the least possible assistance to a student in selecting his studies. If the student be a Freshman, it is doubly hard to make a selection of studies that will suit him; because he knows few upper classmen from whom to get information about the different courses. Take, for example, the following from the Elective Pamphlet:* "NATURAL HISTORY 4. Geology. Three times a week. Professor SHALER. Course 4 can be taken twice a week, omitting the field work, if notice to that effect is given in advance...
...small boy in the Library is called a page, and should always be thus addressed. The chairs near the Library desk are reserved for upper classmen...
...which caused a good deal of complaint last year, and which many hope to see changed this year: I mean the excluding of Freshmen from the exercises around the tree. The reason given for this exclusion last year was that there was not room enough for them, but upper-classmen who were there have told me that there would have been plenty of room. It seems to me that it is very hard to prevent the Freshman class from taking part with the others in such an interesting exercise as this, and I hope that the Committee will endeavor...
...deserves the attention of that class, and we hope to see them take advantage of this opportunity in large numbers. The committee's idea in doing so is to afford the Freshmen a chance of comparing their own records on that day with those of some of the upper classmen. Freshmen are apt to feel some reluctance to enter a race against other men who have been training - as Freshmen erroneously suppose - for some time. This special day's programme should draw forth many of the more timid men, and prepare the winners, at all events, for the following Saturday...
...members of the University who wish to avail themselves of the opportunity that the Rifle Corps offers of learning military drill, are invited to present themselves at the Gymnasium on any Monday at 6.30 or 7.30 P. M. Co. A is open to all upper classmen and members of other departments than the College proper. Co. B is open to Freshmen of the College. The corps has at present about seventy-five active members, but an increase is desired...