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...This lowering of the A. B. degree is unnecessary.- (a) No general demand for it-(1) Our most energetic rivals are not adopting the three year plan.- (2) Colleges which grant the degree on easiest terms flourish the least: S. M. Macvane in Har. Mo. XII, p. 2.- (b) Harvard is not injured by maintaining present standard of the A. B. degree.- (I) No considerable number is kept away by the four years course. (x) Number of undergraduates has trebled since 1860: Min. Rep., p. 18.- (2) No loss of prestige.- (c) Advatages of three years system are already secured...
Tomorrow the first match of the intercollegiate series takes place between Harvard and Haverford at Longwood. The game will commence at 11 a.m. and will probably last until 6 p.m. Lunch will be served on the grounds. The easiest way of getting to the Longwood grounds is to take the Tremont House cars to Copley Square and change there for a Longwood...
...Arboretum for an informal outdoor study of the plants. It is not proposed that the instruction given in these meetings shall be technical, and a knowledge of descriptive botany is not essential for persons who wish to follow them. The intention is to indicate by comparison the easiest means of distinguishing the common native trees and shrubs as they appear in this part of the country, and of recognizing the foreign species which have been introduced into our gardens. The ornamental and useful properties of these trees and shrubs, their habits of growth and other peculiarities, may be considered...
...seaman's life. "Whoever wants a peck of trouble," he says, "let him get himself a wife and a boat; these two will be enough." Plautus concerned himself little about his relations with Greek originals. He cared only to amuse his audiences, and chose the plots which were easiest to transpose...
...Evangeline" the best poem. Napoleon is the most admired character in history. One hundred and one preparatory schools are represented in the class, Andover being first with thirty-one. The marking system is approved, together with the elective system in its present form. Senior year is voted the easiest and sophomore year the hardest. The most valuable required study is English, and the most valuable elective, Political History. Compulsory chapel is upheld by a vote of 110 to 62. The favorite game is whist, and beer...