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Futher it is added "that no student shall take his seat or place by running hither and thither or by walking about, but that all shall compose themselves in modesty and silence to listen to the reader...
...often the instructor, becoming interested in his work, forgets how rapidly the time flies and does not dismiss the section until his attention is called to the time. But as there seems little chance for any change, as our oft-repeated calls for this ringing of the bell have hither-to been refused, we hope the instructors will hereafter be more careful in regard to extending the hour beyond its limits...
...several members of the board of editors, which has compelled them to leave college either temporarily or permanently. To fill the gap thus caused in its working force the paper hopes to see more cooperation on the part of interested outsiders, especially from the under-classmen. The work hither to done by eighty-six has been confined almost entirely to the men at present on the board, giving no chance for the selection of additional editors to fill up the quota from that class. As for eighty-seven, so little work has been produced by them that great delay will...
...given up wholly to preparation for the semis, and any interruption, however slight, must necessarily be annoying. The necessity of writing a theme, which is due two days before the examinations begin, is unfortunate, to say the least, and ought, we think, to be removed. As the instructor has hither to been very careful to accommodate the students as much as possible, we hope an arrangement may be effected by which their theme may be postponed until after the examinations...
...Perhaps the most remarkable illustration of native teaching in Cairo is to be found in the university, which is established in what was formerly a mosque. This is the university of the Mohammedan world. Students come hither to avail themselves of its instruction not only from all parts of Egypt, but from all over the Orient, and the number in constant attendance ranges from 10,000 to 12,000. For over 900 years this institution has kept the even tenor of its way in this same old mosque, in the same old fashion of teaching and learning, with the same...