Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...usual supper of the Sophomore class took place at Young's Hotel on last Friday evening, February 28. About seventy-five gentlemen were present; a smaller number than might have been desired, but still, taking everything into consideration, as large as could be expected. Mr. W. A. Slater officiated as president, and Mr. W. R. Thayer as toast-master. Mr. M. St. C. Wright was orator of the occasion, and Mr. C. T. Dazey, the poet; their efforts were highly praiseworthy and very successful. They were abundant in wit and in allusions, the peculiar significance of which was keenly appreciated...
Illustrations might be multiplied ad infinitum, but they are obvious to every one interested in the subject. The present system leads directly to the selection of "soft electives," and favorite instructors known as "easy markers," - a royal road indeed to high college rank...
...plan proposed by the Committee on Honors and Honorable Mention appears to be not only a great improvement upon the present scheme, but a necessary consequence of the elective system. So long as a prescribed curriculum throughout the college course was adhered to, an average mark may have been regarded as some evidence of conscientious work, more or less reliable as a criterion of scholarship. But under the elective system, which encourages special studies in the course marked out by the student for his career in life, he should receive from the college a proper recognition of his actual standing...
...when learning was the special privilege of the few, but now, when education runs through the public schools and colleges free to all as the water that satisfies the thirsty, affairs are changed, and institutions of learning must be guided by the progress of events, and conform to the present condition of the world...
...itself, it may fairly be said that its annual regattas of the last six seasons have increased steadily in importance, representing an equally steady growth in its own character and influence. It is controlled by an executive committee of nine, who at present represent boat-clubs situated at New York, Newark, Albany, Providence, Philadelphia (2), Baltimore, Detroit, and Chicago, and who were all (save the last named) in attendance at the regular semi-annual meeting held in this city, January 11. I myself was present there by invitation, and was impressed by the straightforward, business-like way in which...