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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...when Columbia led all colleges in athletics, but of late she has dropped behind Harvard. Why is this so? Not because Harvard men have any physical superiority, naturally, but because of determined work, and that, too, not by one or two men, but by large numbers. For several years past it has been possible to predict for months in advance that Columbia would not secure the intercollegiate cup. This year the chances are, that unless a new support arises, the college will drop to a still lower place...
...Springfield Republican of Monday contains an article on the Harvard Law School, full of interest for present and past members of that school, and especially valuable as a "pointer" for all who intend to enter the legal profession...
...part I don't believe in lectures," said my chum, as we came out of the room where we had been endeavoring to take notes on one of the prof.'s lectures for the past hour...
...cannot but think that the method adopted by Prof. White with his section in Greek 9 approaches as near as possible the result desired. In this course during the past half-year, the section have had a number of written recitations on the subject matter. At the semiannual examinations a few days ago, the men were allowed to substitute these written recitations for parts of the paper, if they so desired. By this method the instructor much more readily finds out what the men know and have done in the course than by the old system...
...until 1708 that the plan of having special instructors for each study went into effect. The curriculum was also largely modified. In addition to the classics, mathematics, physics and astronomy were taken up, and the lecture system came into vogue. Such were the universities of the past. What is needed for the future...