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Freshman examinations in Greek this spring, as well as in Latin, will be two hours long, and will not be "pass" examinations...
...even the roof is built of slabs of marble. The stairs from bottom to top are self-supporting, without wood-work. This building is devoted wholly to the business of instruction, and the teachers are responsible for the good conduct of the pupils while under their care. When they pass from the recitation rooms they fall under the eye of an entirely different set of officers, who regulate their whole life apart from books. The discipline for offenders consists chiefly of admonition, deprivation of privileges, and seclusion. In extreme cases corporal punishment is administered in the presence of the president...
...April examination in Freshman Latin this year will be called a two-hour examination, and will not be simply the usual "pass" examination. The instructors announce that the marks obtained will count in the annual scale, - not so much, however, as the Christmas or final marks. This change has been determined upon in consequence of a growing dissatisfaction with the present system of freshman spring examinations among both students and instructors. If an examination be held at all, and if the marking system must be kept in use, it would seem no more than just that credit be allowed...
...regulate the conduct of the business of the society; to prescribe the methods of keeping its accounts and auditing them, and to appoint, remove and fix the pay of the superintendent and his assistants, and in general to supervise and control the operations of the society, and to pass and publish suitable rules defining its methods...
...raised the necessary sum to make up the amount required by Dr. Goodwin, and the school will therefore be inaugurated in November. As in the French and German schools the students will be given advantage of our instruction free, but it will be necessary for those seeking admission, to pass a qualifying examination in Greek history, literature and archaeology. The length of the course, in all probability, will also be similar to that of the schools I have named, which is three years." At a meeting to be held in New York in April, the final arrangements for the school...