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that it is a gift like any other, and cannot be expected in the mass of people. This objection, however, applies only to dramatic reading, or, at best, to what is known as "fine reading." Good reading, in the sense in which it is here used, means simply intelligent reading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTELLIGENT READING. | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

MUTUAL admiration is all very well, and there is no possible objection to the Courant's complimenting the Yale Lit., only it is carrying the matter a step too far, to quote a stanza of a translation from Alfred de Musset, and criticise it (favorably) as original. Though translations are...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

LAST Saturday Captain Bancroft went on to New London with Mr. Weld, and selected quarters for the crew, and, although they are not as satisfactory as those of last year, yet they do very well. The house that he chose is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the river...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

The second objection, and the chief one with instructors, is that scholarships could not be assigned. It is a delicate matter to tell a student that he is unfit for a scholarship when his rank is not based on definite marks. In other words, a false and injurious method is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKS ABROAD AND AT HOME. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

The third objection is that Commencement Parts could not be assigned; and this seems insurmountable. But what if Commencement Parts were not assigned? Would much be lost? Under the present method those who are most capable of offering interesting parts often fail to attain them through their devotion to difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKS ABROAD AND AT HOME. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

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