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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - While not wishing to seem a grumbler on principle, I think a word against the practice, too common in our English department, of tediously dwelling on the life of an author and rehearsing all the small talk about his actions, might be well-timed; especially, when this practice is allowed to become detrimental to the impartment of a critical knowledge of the said author's works. Short enough time is given in a half course to acquire even a superficial acquaintance with the best writings of our authors of this century; so let us not detract from...
Students are proverbial grumblers. They may be rated dull by their companions, or they may startle the college world by their brilliancy, but all have a recognized ability to find fault. It is not this spirit of mere growling, however, that is at the root of the present dissatisfaction with our marking system. There are evils in that department that justify a more earnest and rational remonstrance than that of the college grumbler...
...efforts on their behalf; and fear of publicity, fear of the enthusiasm of indignation, fear of "bad form," forsooth. What is left for me henceforth? Obscurity only. After my services of so many centuries "for the public good," to be thus silently contemned is too much. To be called "grumbler," "fault-finder," and a "thing," is more than even the flesh and blood of so antiquated a creature as myself can bear...
...grievances, in nine cases out of ten, can be best remedied by a direct appeal to the proper authorities; a headlong dash into print not only does no good, but does much harm. Complaint in general, and unreasonable complaint in particular, gives the student the reputation of a chronic grumbler, and such a reputation is a terrible barrier to the removal of objects of complaint. We have never known a case where a kind suggestion privately to an instructor did not produce the desired effect; while we do know of many cases where even reasonable requests were refused because they...