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...page 52 of the Catalogue, line 10, strike out the words "and Latin at sight," and insert them at the end of line 7 (strike out the last two words in line 11 and all line...
Yale Record.THERE is one Senior who evidently believes in Divine providence. Before going into a very poorly prepared recitation at the end of the term, he was heard to remark: "Well, I'll have to trust in God and sit by Stillman," and then added, parenthetically, "I guess the last idea is by far the best...
...loses nor gains time), to be able to obtain his degree of bachelor. In the second or third class Latin grammar is begun, translations and themes are required, and sacred history is studied. During the fourth, fifth, and sixth, Greek is added; then Greek and Roman history. At the end of the sixth year the student is in condition to translate Cicero and Virgil, Xenophon and Plutarch. Then follow the classes of Rhetoric and Philosophy, without doubt the two most interesting and profitable. In view of their importance, I beg leave to acquaint you with some details of the course...
Such is the course of study. At the end of each year, in the vacation, there is a meeting among the pupils of each class, and among the classes of the different lyceums of Paris. A similar assembly is held among the pupils of all the colleges and lyceums of France, during which a formal distribution of prizes is made to the leading scholars. When one has ended this course of study, he is ready to undergo the examinations for the degree of Bachelier-es-Lettres. Perhaps you would not be unwilling to learn what a bachelier is supposed...
...dastardly Sophomores, forming in line, marched out towards Cambridge, "tearing down fences, demolishing signs, and defacing dwelling-houses"* and slaughtering such a number of persons between Bowdoin Square and Charles River that a great tidal-wave of blood arose and swept away six thousand dwelling-houses from the West End of Boston, drowning, it is estimated, at least ten thousand souls...