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...Take Notes?- You can get two or three times as much of a lecture with two or three lessons in the Allen method of shorthand; and in a short time you will write with shorter forms and higher speed than by any other system of stenography. New classes forming. Inquire 1270 Mass...
...bring about uniformity in strength tests the physical directors of fifteen colleges and universities at a meeting Dec. 31, 1897, in New York, agreed to a system submitted by a committee of which Dr. Sargent was chairman. The agreement will not go into effect until October 1, 1898. Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Princeton, and Cornell are among the fifteen colleges and universities which have entered into this agreement and others will be admitted...
Since rivalry in high strength tests has grown from a matter of individual to one of possible intercollegiate competition, the establishment of a uniform system among a number of colleges and universities may, by each year giving some one man the recognized championship, prevent considerable bickering. Last year for instance people who are interested may remember that Harvard, Yale and Amherst each had claimants in the field, since, while the methods of test were supposed to be the same, no one could be sure that the apparatus was of a uniform standard. The new agreement by providing for inspection...
There is one danger connected with the whole affair, however. While the new system may help to raise the strength average by arousing more general interest in the test, it may lead to exaggeration of individual work at the expense of the athletic teams. Beneficial as gymnasium work is and to be encouraged among a certain class of men, if it puts a premium on indoor in opposition to outdoor exercise, and encourages individual at the expense of team work, it is in measure disadvantageous. This fact has already been recognized by a number of men with the result that...
...Smith '99, J. K. Clark '99, F. E. Richardson '98, H. A. Smyth P. G., and C. H. Studinski 1900 L. S., who debated last year against Harvard. These men are at present on an equal footing and will debate regularly in competition for the final three positions. The system of choosing the debaters is one which has been found best adapted to the circumstances of such a competition. Each department of the University holds its own preliminary trials and selects a number of men, varying from two to eight according to the nature of the department, who compete...