Word: takings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the Yale and Princeton nines will go into training immediately after the Christmas vacation. O'Rourke of the New York's will take charge of the Yale pine and Ferguson of the Philadelphia's will do the same for the Princeton nine...
...under the elective system men are tempted to, and actually do, take a "soft" courses with the expectation of getting high marks, and so "freezing" on to a big fat scholarship. This has become so large an evil that the high scholars almost invariably shun very valuable but difficult courses, except as extras...
HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB. Practice shoot at Watertown this (Thursday) afternoon. Take the 1.30 car. Cars leave the Square on the half hour...
...English composition, German or French, the other being required for admission, and attendance once a week upon lectures in chemistry and physics, and in the remainder of the college course English composition in the form of "themes" and "forensics" only. In addition to these prescribed exercises each freshman must take three full courses of study, and each student of the other classes four. Thus out of the 220 courses offered, the student may do his whole four years' work in about twenty, and cannot profitably extend it over many more than that number. So while election becomes a necessity, choice...
...resignation of the Rev. Dr. Barbour, the college Pastor at Yale, seems to have caused the students of the university to discuss with considerable freedom the subject of compulsory attendance at religious services. Dr. Barbour's resignation will not take effect until next June. At that time the university authorities will select a new pastor or provide temporarily for a continuation of the work which he has done. Apparently there are some who hope that his retirement will be followed by a change of the plan upon which the university's religious exercises have been conducted...