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...compel Seniors to observe the rule which forbids any conflict of hours in the choice of electives seems to be in direct opposition to the principles of voluntary recitation; for surely, if a student is qualified to decide whether he will attend recitations, he is also qualified to decide whether he can profitably elect courses which occasionally conflict. No matter how great the care taken in arranging the Tabular View, it often happens that two valuable courses have one hour a week, or, in the case of Fine Arts 2 and English 6, one hour a fortnight, in common...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

ACCORDING to the Independent it has been decided impracticable at Exeter to compel students preparing for college to pursue the entire course of study demanded for admission to Harvard, and therefore Exeter will cease to be a special feeder for this college. Although this statement is strictly true, its conclusion gives the impression that Exeter has made some change in her course which will greatly diminish the number of men she sends to Harvard. This impression is so erroneous as to require some notice. Evidently it is impracticable for Exeter or for any other academy to compel students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1878 | See Source »

...time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies do not like to prepare their toilets at sunrise; if they do dress then, they will no doubt become so jaded during the day as to seriously affect their enjoyment of the evening. I might also add that it is hardly right to compel a Senior to receive his friends at an hour which he has usually given to sleep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPROVEMENTS OF CLASS DAY. | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

...possess sufficient power of abstraction to give, when thus disturbed, a clear and succinct answer. Some of the details always escape them; and when they are assured that their rank for the year will depend mainly upon these written recitations, they cannot but feel that it is unjust to compel them to write under circumstances so unfavorable for testing their knowledge of the subject...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND QUERIES. | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...great argument of those opposed to this system is, that the College has no right to compel a man to expend his money for boarding where he does not wish; but this, it strikes me, is not a very strong objection, inasmuch as we are compelled to use our money in numerous ways. Laws are necessary in every community for the good of the majority, and in making laws the good of the mass, and not the individual interest, must be consulted. It is for this reason that no one thinks of objecting to the law that all the citizens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMPULSORY COMMONS. | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

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