Word: matter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...THINK that not a small portion of the Junior Class were surprised at the severe criticism that appeared in the last Advocate upon the subjects given out for the next Junior Forensics. It hardly seems probable that a teacher who has had so much experience in this matter should assign subjects wholly beyond the capacity of his class, or should expect them to write "North American Review articles." The criticism not only is a reflection upon him, but is not sustained by an examination of the subjects. That they are subjects which cannot be written upon without some knowledge...
...perfect harmony of the meeting was, however, slightly marred by one matter, which we dislike to notice, yet cannot pass over in silence. In spite of the efforts of the Committee, certain members of the class apparently resolved to run a partial ticket of their own, and sought, by combinations, to secure its success. If this was so, and there seems to be conclusive evidence that it was, it deserves the severest reprehension. The fact that certain persons attempted, by extensive canvassing, to secure the election of their favorites, might in itself be undeserving of blame; but when the class...
THERE is a general wish among the students who room in College, that the late afternoon mail should be delivered to them. We have asked at the post-office why the students are less privileged in the matter than the people of Cambridge, and have found out that it is because the entries are not lighted. The Bursar tells us that the amount of matter that usually comes by the half past five mail seemed to make it scarcely worth while for the college to employ men to light the entries, but that it would be done if the desire...
...cost of living varies largely, but it is a matter of experience that a student who resides within a college or hall can, with economy, obtain the degree of B. A., which requires twelve terms or three years of residence, for a total expenditure...
...such a hall as we have here, so that, with our superior advantages in this respect, there is no reason why we should not be able to get up as good a course of lectures. The chief difficulty, we know, is to get somebody to take hold of the matter, and we would suggest that some society, with the co-operation perhaps of one of the professors, follow the good example already set by the Natural History Society, and endeavor to give us an interesting course of lectures on general subjects...