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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very material increase in the number of men offering more subjects than are strictly required for entrance. By the old method, a candidate was often compelled to prepare himself on a set of subjects, some of which were utterly distasteful to him. By the new method, a candidate may make a choice and pursue a course of preparatory study congenial to his tastes, and one which will be in a line with the preparation at college for the work which he contemplates after graduation. Latin, Greek and mathematics still have much greater weight in the examinations than...
...June. The challenge was received fully two months ago, and the question as to its acceptance was thoroughly discussed at the time. It is greatly to be regretted that the matter has not been definitely settled. Yale should be notified as soon as possible as she will wish to make arrangements for a race with some other college in case Harvard refuses to row. The Yale News complains editorially of the delay. The complaint is a just one and we would urge the freshmen to send some answer immediately...
...take no interest in athletics make a showing worse than that of the freshmen. Those who did not reply to the circular of the committee have an average excess of 20 absences more than their class; those who take no exercise, 16 more; those who attended no intercollegiate games at Cambridge, 15 less...
Stevens and Rutgers are also making their best efforts to get together a strong team, but they can hardly be looked upon as being able to make a hard fight for the pennant...
...monitors and daily entered on the books. That no choice of studies made by a student be valid if it call for more than three lectures or recitations on any day of the week, unless the choice has been specially allowed by the dean. That in order to make it more difficult for students to prepare by a brief period of cramming to meet the tests applied, the faculty require all the instructors to provide tests of the progress of their students with sufficient frequency to enable them to enforce effectively section 7 of the regulations. That admonition be administered...