Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: - I think that D's criticism of section 27 of the "New Regulations" is very just. The new rule is, in my opinion, inconsistent with one of the principles underlying the elective system, - that equal excellence in every study cannot be attained by the same individual, but that some minds are so constituted that they can not pursue certain branches with success. Now this principle is recognized by the faculty elsewhere, as is evidenced by the following extract from the 1886-87 mathematical announcement; "It is unadvisable for students who have little taste or capacity for Mathematics...
...that men, who, under the old system, would be entitled to a degree summa cum laude should be denied a degree cum laude? If in the change of regulations a higher standard had been the object of the faculty, we should not complain; but since the faculty, in whose opinion the present standard is sufficiently high, have incidentally raised it by what practically amounts to 20 per cent., we think that it is unreasonable and call for a defence...
...historic accuracy, the theological quality, the bad taste, the gross impertinence of such a poem as this, delivered in such circumstances, there can be but one opinion among considerate men; the affair belongs to that class of performances which has been wittily described as an indecent exposure of private opinions...
...changes in the regulations which we review, offer food for thought, especially to those who are chronically on the "ragged edge" of admonition or probation. Many of the "legal quibbles" of the old system are done away with and good standing depends on the favorable opinion of the instructors, The duties of the Dean once those of judge have been reduced simply to those of executioner. No more of the famous "petitions" for what are politely called "occasional brief indispositions," by the new regulations will be received. The necessity for many of them has disappeared, however, with the advent...
...that is entirely unnecessary. Two years ago the game played in New York resulted in a draw which caused a violent discussion between the college papers of Yale and Princeton. This left the question in such a tangled shape that it is presumptuous for any one to express an opinion of the championship of that year. Twelve months ago, the Princeton Faculty forbade the Princeton eleven to play in New York. The Constitution of the Foot-ball Association says that the game between the two leading clubs shall be played in New York. Under these circumstances Princeton was compelled...