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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...addresses of members of the Law School who are to leave the school in June and who wish to enter offices as students or clerks. Any members of the school whose standing justifies them in seeking to enter desirable offices may place their names on the Secretary's list if they desire...
Although the provisional list of examinations has appeared to the gratification of all concerned, there are still many fortunate mortals who are anxiously awaiting another list of examinations, familiarly known as the "makeups." It is a most barbaric mode of torture to keep individuals, who through no fault of their own have to take their mid-years this spring, in complete ignorance as to the precise date when they must prepare themselves for the welcome ordeal. They are all longing to vindicate themselves before their instructors for absence during the last general examination, and it is only fair...
...good reason why the English instructors should not be requested to change the examination in English C to the thirteenth. This would give many men an opportunity to get away earlier than they otherwise would, and such an arrangement would not interfere with any of the other examinations. The list of final examinations is only provisional, and we make this suggestion thus early in order that the change may be easily made, should it meet with the approval of the proper authorities. We have received several communications and many direct requests urging us to make this suggestion, and we hope...
...generously equipped with scholarships which benevolent people have contributed for the assistance of needy students. Of more than seven hundred undergraduates probably over one half need, or think they need, pecuniary assistance. These scholarships are assigned upon the basis of the student's percentages appearing on the annual rank list. In such a large college the competition is necessarily great. Those who have been fitted at the Harvard preparatory schools of the Eastern States generally have the advantage from the start. Scholarships being regarded as prizes for high marks are often eagerly sought after whether needed or not. Many...
...design of would be benefactors of Harvard that their bequests should become prize scholarships to be fought over by the competitors on a petty rank list? Is it conducive to the development of manhood and of scholarship for its own sake that students must become the slaves of annual marks and that the difference of one per cent should debar them from obtaining needed assistance at one of the most trying periods of their lives...