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President Patton of Princeton has had in mind some very important and radical changes in the college curriculum, but it was not until recently that the details of these changes became public. Hereafter instead of three terms there will be two, with mid-year and final examinations. Another new feature will be the granting of special honors in addition to the general honor now given in the leading general department. The changes are known to meet the approval not only of the Faculty and Trustees, but also of ex-President McCosh. They are as follows...
...Senior year, jurisprudence, political economy, chemistry, science, and religion are dropped from the list of required studies, and the only new feature is lectures in evidence of Christianity by the President. The required hours are reduced in the first term from nine to five, and in the second term from six to four, the student taking ten hours elective work. To obtain Senior honors the student must take six hours elective work in department, or, taking four hours elective work, must obtain a first group, standing in the required study belonging to that department. No student will be eligible...
...young women of New York do not seem to be possessed with an over powering yearning for a higher education than is afforded by public schools and seminaries. At the opening of the Columbia College annex the other day, when all the candidates were requested to present themselves, only three young women appeared...
MacDonald's third-period goal, his 108th career tally, sets a new Harvard record...