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Williams College has received $300,000 during the past two years...
...more strenuous forms merely pedantic, compared with that new and higher type which the native enthusiasm and conscientiousness and insight and teaching gifts of trained women are certain to bring about in the near future." He speaks of "the atrocious text-books and scholastic methods" of the past, for which men were exclusively responsible, and in his opinion there can be no question that the association of women with men, whether as learners or teachers, must work a great improvement in the first of these matters. Although it may be a little difficult to understand the process of reasoning...
...affirmative and Messrs. R. Coit, '83, and J. McDuffie on the negative. The annual reports of officers were made after the debate. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $29.00 in the treasury. The report of the executive committee reviewed the work of the Union for the past half-year, and showed it to be very satisfactory. Officers were elected as follows: President, C. R. Saunders, '84; vice-president, S. M. Hayes, '84: secretary, Barnes, '84; treasurer, W. H. Baldwin, '85. The debate at the next meeting will be on the question of German socialism...
...energy of the Finance Club in instituting lectures on topics that are of interest to the general student is well worthy of being emulated by the other societies in college. The lectures given in past years under the auspices of the Philological Society will be remembered with pleasure by all upper classmen who heard them, and those lectures given by the Historical Society were of such general interest that they have been thought worthy of publication in the Johns Hopkins University series. Besides the organizations mentioned there are several others in college which might arrange courses of lectures that would...
...been suggested that a change might be made in the form of printing the examination papers of past years. The objection urged to the present method is that one set only of papers in several subjects are printed together, as, for instance, Philosophy, History, Political Economy, etc. A student who wants an old examination paper in a History course is obliged to purchase a number of papers in courses that he does not care for in order to get one of the course he is studying up. The change suggested is, that the papers of one set of studies...