Word: fours
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...length of clear water between the two boats. The race ended at the Crescent boat house, about a mile and a half from the Union boat house and Finally crossed the line an easy winner in 9 minutes, 50 seconds. Van Schaik finished in 10 minutes, 2 seconds, about four and a half lengths behind Finally...
...list of required studies, and political economy has been brought from Senior year to take its place. Otherwise the required studies remain the same. In the elective department the student is accorded a wider scope than ever before. Kindred studies are divided into departments containing from two to four subjects each, and if the student seeks special honors he must take two subjects. Some studies are brought from Senior year, such as laboratory chemistry, biology, histology, comparative politics, international law, history of philosophy, history of art, and archeology. Hebrew and early English are introduced...
...This has never been done in the past before Senior year. These department are seven: Mental philosophy, political science, classics, modern languages, mathematics, natural sciences and English. To obtain special honors in English the student must maintain a first group standing in the required English and fill out his four hour elective in this department, with some elective in classics and modern languages...
...political economy, chemistry, science, and religion are dropped from the list of required studies, and the only new feature is lectures in evidence of Christianity by the President. The required hours are reduced in the first term from nine to five, and in the second term from six to four, the student taking ten hours elective work. To obtain Senior honors the student must take six hours elective work in department, or, taking four hours elective work, must obtain a first group, standing in the required study belonging to that department. No student will be eligible for these honors...
...ranking system will be the same in freshman and sophomore years, but in the last two years the groups will be four instead of six. Exclusions of electives are to be made on two principles: First, to leave open as far as possible electives of general character and those common to juniors and seniors; second, to make mutually exclusive the more specialized electives and those clearly incongruous. General honors will be granted for general excellence substantially as at present. Special honors will be awarded only to students whose average is above mediocrity. In freshman year the candidate must take four...