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...older contemporaries of the same place, seems, from the language of that paper with regard to our recent Freshman match with Yale, to be but little too strong. We are told "that there is no doubt that the bull-dozing policy pursued during the game affected the result," which is contradicted in the same sentence by the assertion that "no one. . . . can attribute the disastrous result to these causes." In the item column we are sarcastically told " the thanks of the College are due Harvard for the gentlemanly manner" in which the Freshman nine was treated...
...time approaches for the next game of ball with Yale, conjectures as to the probable result of the game become more frequent. Those who have not watched closely the scores of our Nine and of Yale's - men whose opinion has little value - say openly that our chances of success are few. Others who have been carefully comparing each score as it reaches us are in a much more hopeful frame of mind. We sympathize entirely with the latter, and shall wait until the next game is lost before giving up the hope of winning the series, and the championship...
...evident to every one; for the fact, which is doubtful, that the marks were too high, is no excuse for lowering these marks eight months after they were given. One of the chief merits of anticipatory examinations is, that the student is at liberty either to accept the result, or to take the course throughout the year; in this case, the marks are to be so lowered that many students would not have accepted them, and this is done when it is too late to take the course. Men, whose positions on the rank list have been assured, will...
...absolutely wrong. Solid substantial instruction is the main object in taking any elective, and marks, whether high or low, cannot affect the student's real acquirements; but so long as he is required, in order to test the faithful performance of duty, to submit to examinations, upon the result of which college rank is made to depend, such examinations should be fair and impartial, and they should be based upon sound, well-regulated general principles, rather than the arbitrary and fanciful theories of each individual instructor...
...Springfield fell through entirely, Williams being the only college represented. Wesleyan, who organized the convention, was not represented because her delegates were detained by examinations. The other colleges profess lack of funds and want of interest, hoping, however, for a congress next year. We shall see what will result...