Word: hands
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hours raises a number of problems calling for nice adjustment in the fixing of lecture engagements. The hour from eleven to twelve is especially popular with instructors--Professor Munro explained in the Graduates' Magazine--and is in danger of becoming over-crowded and causing bad conflicts. On the other hand, "two-thirties" are anathema to most undergraduates, especially in the spring and fall when athletics are in fullest swing. It has been suggested that they be moved to 7.45 in the morning; and it is likely, even though Spartan blood is none too plentiful, that a few more courses could...
...increased. The amount of scurrying around the Yard, commuting between classes in the good study hours of the morning, would be reduced. A man who has two non-consecutive morning lectures, unless he is more systematic than is usual, finds they consume his entire morning. And on the other hand, three or four consecutive classes make too great a strain for the best results...
...course, are not adapted to all subjects. A course the material of which is largely factual, is best given in the morning, when the student's mind is more attuned to prosaic things; and very large courses are probably also suited more to morning hours. But, on the other hand, discussion courses and courses on theoretical subjects, of moderate size, can very likely be handled to greatest advantage in the evening, the time most conducive to reflection and philosophical inquiry...
Although a majority of the students at the College come from New England, the growth in the representation of the West has been more rapid in the last ten years than that of localities nearer at hand. Of the sections of the country, the South Central States alone have lost considerably...
...other hand, both prose and verse in this number are unusual and good. Perhaps the best thing in the issue is Mr. McCombs' review of one of those militaristic books which flood the shelves just now. In the form of a book-notice and in remarkably few words, the writer constructs a very neat case against the war maniacs. There is a certain cold charm in the temperance and lucidity of his style--a charm which we encounter frequently in the best work of the so-called "Pacifist" school, and which is in happy contrast...