Word: pamphlet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...days for German 9, for the year 1885-86, have been changed to Tuesday and Thursday at nine, instead of Monday and Wednesday at twelve, as given in the Elective Pamphlet...
...elective pamphlet for 1885-86 appeared last Saturday. It contains several notable changes and innovations. In the first place, it is larger than last year by eight or ten pages, a circumstance chiefly due to the addition of all the freshman electives. Many of the changes in the different departments are strong evidences of progress, while they all show that attempt is made to satisfy, as far as possible, the demands of the students. It is quite true, however, that the clamorers after courses in Stenography, Journalism, and Common Law have still to wait another year at least, contenting themselves...
...Elective Pamphlet for the year 1885-85 will be given out to-day (Saturday) from 9.30 to 11 30 o'clock in U. 4, and on Monday from 9.30 to 10.30 in U. 4. Of the separate pamphlets, announced in the elective pamphlet, giving detailed accounts of courses, only the following are ready at present: Semitic Languages, French, Music, Physical Geography, Geology and Palcontology. These may be had at the office...
This is the only course so far observed where the general work has been poor. The disadvantages arising from the system arose mostly from the hastiness with which the elective pamphlet was made out last year, and great care will be necessary in the future to guard against obscurity of wording in this important book. Many men this year took courses which they found too hard, or too easy, or directly the opposite of what they were led to expect. These dissatisfied men, together with the lazy, form the one objectionable side to the system as it now stands...
...justice to the name of truth, should be uttered. By reference to the Dean's report, our esteemed contemporary will find that in the year 1883-84, the most popular courses in our college were not by any means the "snaps" or easy courses that appear in our elective pamphlet, but that, on the contrary, the hardest courses, those requiring the greatest research, and the most original thought, the courses in History, Philosophy, Political Economy, the languages and the sciences were elected by a very large number of students. The best system in any department of work can be abused...