Word: realing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that one man is not as studious or has not as much ability as another because his rank happens to be lower, seems to us exceedingly illogical. It is the cause of real mischief to thorough scholarship and sound education. As soon as a student finds that his chance for a scholarship depends solely on the rank list, he will naturally, if a scholarship is the condition of his remaining in college, take those courses in which it is easiest to obtain...
...President's report of having recitations Saturday afternoon. We cannot protest too strongly against such a scheme. Not only would it render it utterly impossible for those students who live at a distance from Cambridge to go home over Sunday, but it would deprive us of the only real half-holiday we have. As to the President's idea of keeping all the students in Cambridge over Sunday, there are very few but will agree with us in thinking that the few additional hours which would be gained for study are amply compensated for by the pleasure and advantage...