Word: rules
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...GREAT many of the woes which form the subject for complaint among undergraduates are imaginary; but there are some grievances which justify grumbling, and among these are the restrictions on our privileges which have been recently voted by the Faculty. We refer, in particular, to the new rule requiring Seniors and Juniors to take twelve hours, and Sophomores ten hours of elective studies throughout the year. We have been allowed, up to this time, to take as many hours each half-year as we wished, provided that the sum-total for the two half-years equalled twenty-four hours...
...seen in our "Correspondence," just complaint is once more made about the marks in English. It seems very hard that something cannot be done to insure fairer marking. The instructor seems deaf to all remonstrance, and after each examination warnings are so numerous that to receive one is the rule rather than the exception. It certainly seems a great pity that men should be afraid to take the English and German courses because of the apparent certainty of a condition, or, at best, of a very low mark. Where the system of taking off so much for each mistake...
...compel Seniors to observe the rule which forbids any conflict of hours in the choice of electives seems to be in direct opposition to the principles of voluntary recitation; for surely, if a student is qualified to decide whether he will attend recitations, he is also qualified to decide whether he can profitably elect courses which occasionally conflict. No matter how great the care taken in arranging the Tabular View, it often happens that two valuable courses have one hour a week, or, in the case of Fine Arts 2 and English 6, one hour a fortnight, in common...
...should rule my heart alone...
...granted. It is perfectly evident that without this our nine must suffer. For by the new regulations of the League Association no games except between the club representing the city and another club belonging to the Association may be played on the grounds of a League Club. This rule deprives us immediately of our great source of practice. It is impossible to estimate too high the advantage and benefit our nine has derived from being brought into opposition with such a nine as the Bostons. There are five college clubs besides our own that compete each year for the championship...