Word: harness
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TUTORING-Latin, Greek, Algebra, Geometry. Andrew Sledd, A. M., (Har.), 6 Stoughton Hall. Experience and references...
...This lowering of the A. B. degree is unnecessary.- (a) No general demand for it-(1) Our most energetic rivals are not adopting the three year plan.- (2) Colleges which grant the degree on easiest terms flourish the least: S. M. Macvane in Har. Mo. XII, p. 2.- (b) Harvard is not injured by maintaining present standard of the A. B. degree.- (I) No considerable number is kept away by the four years course. (x) Number of undergraduates has trebled since 1860: Min. Rep., p. 18.- (2) No loss of prestige.- (c) Advatages of three years system are already secured...
...Harvard cheer is unfortunately losing its distinctive character. In former years the nine "'rahs" came slowly, and the final "Har-vard" was broad and deep; in the Pennsylvania game the cheer could be but little distinguished from the short, sharp Yale yell. Even the "nine long Harvard's" which used to be so impressive are now cut much too short. The leaders of the cheering seldom try to maintain the old-time cadence, and there is danger that it will be entirely disused. The merest hint should surely be sufficient to check this tendency...
Classical Philology 1. Roman Private Antiquities. Professor Greenough. Har...
Classical Philology 1. Roman Private Antiquities. Professor Greenough. Har...