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...which will be found in another column, contains a strong appeal for the discontinuance of the customary freshman entertainments. The effort to do away with this annual celebration is by no means the outgrowth of any recent spirit of reform. Protests have been made before, and often, too, against the further continuance of the custom. Yet the fact remains that "Bloody Monday," though not the night of terror that it once was, is still a Cambridge institution. Whether or not it will die out entirely, or will still hold its place in the esteem of upper-classmen, remains...
...scientific electives are comparatively small, the largest being Botany, with 33 juniors, and the smallest Dr. J. D. Dana's elective in Geology with 2 seniors. Take this with Prof. Whitney's Sanskrit elective of 1 student, and the fact that some of the greatest professors often have the smallest electives becomes very visible. In the Mathematical electives there are only 17 students in all. The whole senior class has 121 members and the juniors 144.-Princetonian...
...occasion will be noteworthy from the fact that Harvard has won this coveted trophy this year for the first time since the formation of the league. Years ago, when the Yale-Harvard series was the only series played to determine the question of the championship, the Harvard nine was often victorious over its New Haven rivals. Since the formation of the present league, however, our teams have met with a continual run of ill success that has been most discouraging. Year after year the college has been represented by nines, whose players, as individuals, stood high upon the rolls...
...instructors seem unable to determine what should be a paper of fair length for a three-hour examination, as has been rather forcibly shown by some recent examinations. This is an old grievance, it is true, and one that has often been commented upon, yet its constant recurrence seems to call for even further notice. The only answer made to complaints on this subject is that the system of long examination is designed to bring to light the men who have failed to keep up with their work properly. Yet the force of this argument is greatly diminished when...
...practical aims of the enterprise are more than fulfilled. The pupils who come to us simply from a love of study find what they seek, while such of our graduates as intend to teach readily obtain places in the best schools, and teachers of an older grade, who often join our classes for special studies, are cheered and encouraged by the new opportunities offered them...