Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Thursday the elective in English 5 tried an experiment in the shape of a debate. The subject chosen (the question whether women who pay taxes on property should be allowed to vote for city, town, and municipal officers) was practical in its nature, and considerable interest was taken in the debate. The question, too, had been well studied by the debaters. The experiment is the result of a desire, on the part of those who regulate the instruction given in college, to develop among the students an ability "to think on their legs," and in this way to become fitted...
...should like to call attention to the course of lectures to be given by the Rev. A. C. A. Hall on the History of the Early Christian Church. The subject is one of great interest, and deals with facts that every one, whatever his belief may be, should be acquainted with. Father Hall is a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, and a member of the society of St. John the Evangelist. He has made a special study of Church History, and cannot fail to treat his subject in an interesting and masterly...
...sort between the two colleges. As a matter of fact, the Yale nine of '69 had before that date twice defeated the corresponding class-nine of Harvard; once as Freshmen in 1866 and once as Sophomores in 1867." The carelessness with which the World has treated this subject is remarkable. The Guide-book speaks exclusively of University matches, the first of which between Harvard and Yale took place July 24, 1868. The games referred to by the World are class-matches, and are not mentioned by the Guide-book, as a matter of course...
...course he went to the district schools and there distinguished himself. One of his school compositions has been preserved, and shows, both in the choice of subject and in the treatment, an originality and a power of invective which are remarkable. His theme was the schoolma...
...injustice done to those in the course by making it extremely hard is manifest. In the case above mentioned, many had taken the elective who had no great knowledge of the subject, but who expected, by diligent work, to succeed tolerably well; the examination was of such difficulty that most of them failed, and the result will be that during the second half-year they will either overwork or neglect their work, thinking that labor is of no avail...