Word: years
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subject of discussion in "Toples of the Day," is the system of mid-year examinations. The writer claims that "at the best they are merely a necessary evil." and that they are responsible for the marking system with its bad effects. He argues further that a man would work more stedily and effectively if he had no ordeal to pass through before the end of the year. While this may be doubted, the article contains some interesting suggestions and is well worth reading...
...members, I think, will all plead guilty to the charge, but they are undoubtedly justified in their stand to great extent, either by a lack of energy on the part of the management or by a lack of invitations to give concerts in the suburbs of Boston. Last year the Pierian Sodality gave at least ten concerts, outside of Cambridge, and as there always was plenty of jollity after the concert, the men took a great deal of interest in their work and hence in the welfare of the Society. This year so far no concert has been given...
There is a rule at Lehigh that a student receiving eighty-five per cent. or over in recitation, shall be exempt from examinations. As a result more than half the students passed last year without taking examinations...
Last evening the Young Men's Christian Association held the second social of the year in the society rooms in Lawrence Hall. A large number of the members attended and the result was a very pleasant evening. The committee which had charge of the social had arranged a musical and literary programme in which Messrs. Rice, Smith, Hayes and Dodge took part. The whole programme was a thoroughly enjoyable one, Mr. Smith's bass solo being especially pleasing. Light refreshments were served at the close of this programme, and the remainder of the evening was spent by the members...
...SARGENT PRIZE.The Sargent Prize of $100 is offered this year for the best metrical version (of sufficient merit) of the Fourth Ode of the Third Book of Horace...