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Some years ago, a course in reading was given which did not count for a degree, but like all of these, it gradually dwindled and disappeared. A course counting for a degree would undoubtedly be well attended and would materially benefit those who took it, but as it could not, from its very nature, be made compulsory, it would naturally fail to reach the entire student body. There are two methods, however, by which all students could be reached,--through English A, or by an entrance test in reading. The former method seems perhaps the more feasible, and there...
...been found expedient to co-ordinate them under a common head. By grouping the courses together with one supervising body, their efficiency will be tremendously increased and they will form a connected program of study. It will furthermore enable those enrolled under the new system to count all their courses towards a new degree, which will be practically equivalent to the A.B., to be conferred by the institution under which the majority of the courses were taken. At the same time, this will obviate the possibility of cheapening the Harvard A.B. by giving it without the required year of residence...
Latin 10, The Private Life of the Romans, will be discontinued, the work of the first half-year to count as a half-course...
...decency. We must, therefore, find some mechanical means for checking the continued use of incorrect English. The system, in vogue in some other colleges, whereby a man who consistently uses poor English in his reports and theses is remanded to an elementary course in composition which does not count for a degree, offers a practicable and, on the whole, an effective solution...
...formerly announced the 780-yard race at the South Boston Athletic Club's meet tonight will be the first event to count for this cup. This will be open only to Harvard men. There will be no event in the B. A. A. meet on February 12, however, that will count...