Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...result, if but few men compete, is that eighty-six will not have a commencement that will do justice either to the class or to the college. Writing a part in itself may seem an irksome task, but it is not a thankless one. If the indifference in this matter, which seems to have taken hold of college men so strongly, could be dispelled, if the members of eighty-six would initiate the custom of having a likely competition for parts at commencement, there would be in promise for this year and for years to come exercises that would...
...should like to call attention to a communication on another page, in which the writer points to the need of establishing a school of Political Science at Washington. The matter is interesting not only to those who for themselves wish to get a practical knowledge of political and economic topics but for those who are anxious to see the civil service of our country bettered. It is likely that no civil service laws will be wholly effectual in getting good work out of our public officers, until these men are fully fitted for their duties by a course of training...
...consideration of the resolution reported from a drafting committee, that the Conference Committee recommended to the faculty the introduction of an elective in general law, based upon Blackstone or Kent. This resolution was very fully discussed. Professor Langdell of the Law School, gave an exposition of the subject matter of such a course, showing that fully treated, it would require much more time and labor than would be possible in one course in the senior year, and that an imperfect treatment would be of doubtful expediency. Prof. Shaler expressed the same views, as also other prominent members of the Conference...
...have in giving information. So the senior who we hope, may, in future elect some course in law, will not only get as good mental drill as is given by many of the regular college studies, but he will get knowledge which will be most valuable to him, no matter what he may do in after life...
...correspondent of yesterday seems to be somewhat mistaken as to the object in changing the marking system from one of percentages to one of broad classifications. He thinks that the purpose is to "alleviate the burden of examinations." Unless we greatly err, the matter of alleviating the burden does not come into the question; the aim is merely to mark more justly. As a rule, it will be easier to decide whether a blue book is fair or good than it will be to determine the exact per cent. which it deserves. For this reason then the Conference Committee recommended...