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WILL you kindly allow me space in your columns to endeavor to correct a misunderstanding arising from the occupation of a portion of Holmes Field by the Lacrosse Association...
...necessity of a change in the English system of Harvard, so far as it pertains to instruction in Rhetoric and the correct use of our own language, cannot be too strongly emphasized...
...tendency to give too long examinations is quite as evident this year as it has ever been. The subject is a very old one, but the annoyance is so great that the only way to correct it eventually, seems to be to speak of it periodically. Examinations can never be a very perfect test of what a man knows; hence, a few questions answered well are, in the majority of cases, a much better test than a number answered hurriedly. It is an impossibility, for instance, to do justice to fifteen questions, "and write as fully...
SOPHOMORE Themes. Sections 1 and 2. Allen to Dunton. Theme 1. All who have not received their themes will find them in the Dean's office. Theme 2. Subjects : "What great results are involved in the election of Mr. Garfield," "Early Marriages." Theme 1 must be returned with a correct copy, and Theme 2 must be handed in at Sever 3, on Thursday, December 2, at 3 o'clock. Members of Section 2 A will hand in their themes at 4 o'clock...
...that a fair comparison would be impossible. The standing broad-jump at Williams must have been made with weights, as otherwise it would be a best-on-record. The only event in which the best American College record is beaten (unless it turns out that this latter record is correct) is the 100-yards dash in the McGill Sports, as mentioned above in the account of those sports...