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...public and publisher. Whatever verdict Time may pass on individuals in the collection, the idea is sound. The knowledge that there may be opportunity for publication gives a genuine stimulus to poetic efforts in the University; and the series in the hands of the public becomes both a specimen and a justification of student poetry. And there is little doubt that Time will see fit to adopt at least one or two of these neophytes...
Experimental theatres in the last few years have been blossoming like the proverbial dandelion, and most of them have been almost as ephemeral. Our local specimen, the Boston Stage Society, seems to have survived the winter, and bids fair to become a hardy perennial. This earnest group of amateurs is working under conditions which make dramaphiles incline to point them out for charity. This first production, it is said, cost them but fifteen dollars for costumes and scenery: but with the insignificant admission charged, and the meagre patronage they have received, even such economy is no assurance of a safe...
...said that the library contains specimen papers for the benefit of just such men. But are these papers always useful? There is no reason why an instructor should run his course in a certain way because it has always been done so. Or, if a new professor arrived to teach a new course, his students could not expect to learn his methods by the study of previous examinations. Perhaps all this explains why most instructors do not volunteer the information that old examination papers are on view in Widener...
...specimen papers in the Bible, Shakspere, and the ancient and modern authors will be available within the next few days. They have been prepared in order to show at once the sort of reading which is intended. It will be seen that there are no questions which cannot be answered from the thoughtful reading of the specified works themselves. Not a single book about books or authors is required. A list of convenient works of reference is given in the pamphlet for anybody who wants to use them. But it is expressly stated at the head of the list that...
...writing on behalf of the Committee which has had in charge the working out of the details of the plan, and I think I can promise that an opportunity will in some way be given, after the specimen papers are out, for the asking of any questions whatsoever about matters which may still be not quite clear. JOHN L. LOWES...