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Freshman, coming into Memorial to lunch just after taking his first midyear,- "I tell you what, that's the easiest and fairest paper I've had since I've been here to scho-ollege...
...Latin has ceased to be the fundamental language of scholars, and its place taken by French and German, should alter the course of secondary schools. French and German ought to be begun early. Of the four languages, Latin, German, French and Greek, it would seem natural to take the easiest first, and yet it is believed that Latin is the hardest. The requirements for admission to American colleges today, including Harvard, are absurd, the boys having devoted, their attention chiefly to Roman and Grecian history in elementary text books. Probably a beginning at Cambridge will have to be made...
...colleges comprising the association evidently expect that all the boats will be of the same length, for the crews are to start by their sterns and finish by their bows; as this is the simplest and easiest way of judging a race, this rule will probably remain in force until a change is rendered necessary by some college making an innovation similar to that made by Yale...
...cause of real mischief to thorough scholarship and sound education. As soon as a student finds that his chance for a scholarship depends solely on the rank list, he will naturally, if a scholarship is the condition of his remaining in college, take those courses in which it is easiest to obtain a high rank, thus following no fixed plan of study, and leaving college without having enjoyed its highest advantages. How the Corporation and the Faculty have arrived at the conclusions that influence their action it Would be interesting to know. But perhaps the son of the pastor...
...most popular college slang may be learned of almost any present or past member of the Sophomore Class. Dropped men will probably be found the easiest of approach by Freshmen...