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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...those who have use for the language in their college studies. The object of this course is most commendable; but the recitations are conducted in such a dull, listless way that before many weeks have passed, most men become thoroughly sick of it. German III is intended to follow either of the two preparatory courses; but the course is so hard, and so large an amount of work is required in it, that few of those who have had only the training of Freshman and Sophomore years can pursue it with profit. The trouble here is not with the instructor...
...action in publicly ridiculing the mistakes in composition which students made in examinations. With the evident intention of exciting ridicule, extracts are read of themes which have been written under great pressure, when revision was impossible. The instructor starts the laugh, and naturally the students are not slow to follow his example...
...papers and addresses by the delegates will be the chief features. Reports will also be handed in by the different college branches. Sunday afternoon, the 22d, there will be another meeting, when the Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D., of Boston, will address the convention, and a discussion will follow. On Sunday evening the final meeting will be held to hear several gentlemen speak who are prominently connected with Christian Association work, and the convention will then be brought to a close. It was hoped that Messrs. Moody and Sayford would be present, but other engagements will prevent them from...
...Yale has at last organized a co-operative society, and it cost her a pang, no doubt, to follow the lead of her rival, Harvard; but her good sense perceived the advantages of co-operation which are manifest wherever it has been tried," says the Student...
...winter months, seems to us extremely objectionable. Some trainers are averse to any exercise in a temperature below fifty or sixty degrees; but, as the air in the gymnasium is very close and fatiguing to men on the running track, our crews may not find it beneficial to follow this rule. The great abuse, however, of the refreshing and wholesome out door exercise lies in taking it when the thermometer atands below zero. On the coldest day this winter, when few persons ventured across the yard without a heavy overcoat, when rooms in Thayer and Holyoke could not be heated...