Word: larger
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...these days, when college discipline is managed with such precision, and the unhappy student who enters No. 5 is passed on from room to room, as his iniquities grow larger and his excuses weaker, until he comes out of the sieve feeling very small indeed, - in these dismal times it is refreshing to look back to the happy days of our fathers, when postal cards were not invented, when the Registrar was unheard of, and the Dean troubled not the dreams of Freshmen...
...well-known fact that some electives are much more popular than others, and attract a much larger number of students; and we had always supposed that the instructors not only recognized this, but even took a just pride in it, considering a crowded section a tribute to their method of handling the subject. It was, therefore, with great surprise, to say the least, that we heard from a friend of an instructor in a deservedly popular elective who announced his intention of making the course as difficult as possible, and of giving a hard examination-paper "for the purpose...
...must always happen that, with no consideration of the "softness" of courses, some will be chosen by a larger number of students than others, since it is more useful to most fellows to know French than Sanscrit, and Latin than music. Keeping a man from an agreeable and popular course will never drive him into a difficult and unpopular elective, but into another course that will not probably do him as much good as the one he would have chosen had he been at liberty...
...generally pursued, in which so few courses are offered. German is elected by 253 students, only ten more than elect French, and there are eight courses in German to only five in French. It is certain, too, that if more French courses were offered, there would be a larger number of students in that branch. It would be pleasant to be able to take our choice of two parallel French courses, as in German, and very beneficial to have an historical course corresponding to German...
...hope that we may have a larger choice next year, so that 117 men may not be crowded into one elective...