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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This year's album has practically everything that any previous book has had, and a great deal more. Beginning with the artistic book-plate the committee have made improvements and additions throughout, the most noticeable being the addition of the photographs of the members of the Corporation; the splendid set of pictures of the gates, buildings, and perspectives of proposed structures such as the Freshman dormitories and the chemical buildings; and the record-breaking number of cuts with sketches of the college careers of individual members of the class...
...present system, with its unique emphasis on final examinations, puts a premium on irregular work and results in a vast amount of eleventh-hour "cramming" that makes easy the path of the professional tutor. In our editorial of May, 24, to which the writer of the communication refers, we set forth the suggestions of the Student Council and pointed out that the adoption of their proposals would result in more regular and systematic work and less "cramming" with professional tutors for the all-important examinations. Although the writer of the communication is himself a professional tutor and doubtless is well...
...again: "We aim, not to be professional, or in any cheap ways distinguished, but only to be as excellent as possible in the field of amateur literature." So, if amateurs in literature can do as well as they have, say in tennis or in Christianity, then the editors have set themselves a high standard; and long may they live up to it; and far removed be the day when they shall be induced to merge their magazine with any other...
...Dancing in the Gymnasium and in Memorial hall. One set of tickets will admit the bearer to both the Gymnasium and Memorial Hall...
...these make from one-half to three-fourths of the mark of the year. There are many evils resulting from this system. It places a premium on irregular and desultory work, for students know that their good marks in the mid-year and final examinations will more than off-set poor marks in conferences and the few hour tests that may be held. The system is directly responsible for the very great amount of eleventh-hour "cramming" that exists in the University and makes easy the path of the professional tutor. In addition to encouraging irregular work and helping...