Word: elections
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...been urged that the introduction of the elective system into the upper classes has proved so successful that the question arises as to the expediency of introducing Freshman electives. The question may arise, but can it not be easily answered? It is not as to whether the Freshman is capable of choosing a course of study which is best suited to the development of his mind; it is rather a question whether he will do it or not. The standard of admission is raised to fit a man for a higher and a more systematic mode of thought and study...
There are several ways in which this second University crew might be chosen, - each class-crew might send its best man, and they choose the other two; or, better, the crews might meet and elect a captain who would pick out from them five more men. The men would be already trained, so that it would only be necessary for them to row before the race until they had "fallen together...
...such an expression as "sepulchral tomb," - indeed, the meaning is only too plain, - but when it comes to "Oreodon" and "Titanotherium," - if this goes on, new metres will have to be devised with special reference to the scientific dictionary. We recommend this poem as a syllabus to all who elect Natural History...
...convention of Colleges, held at Hartford, it was decided that the Regatta Committee should consist of three, graduates of colleges, and not, as heretofore, of the unwieldy number of eleven or twelve. The delegates appointed to elect this committee met at Springfield on Friday, February 6. Each delegate of the ten present offered the name of a graduate of their respective colleges, and, by a marking list, the three finally elected were, Mr. Grinnel Willis of Harvard, Mr. C. H. Ferry of Yale, and Mr. J. B. Thomas of Wesleyan. If there is any unwillingness on the part...
...departments of History and Political Science the committee consider as well taught. Modern languages are not treated of as fully as could be desired. The committee, however, have recognized what may well be considered the great bane of this department, namely, the number of students who elect them for a "soft thing." This evil in the French studies has in a great measure been done away with by the acuteness and good sense of the Professor, but we fear that, especially in the Sophomore electives, these studies are pursued with little effort, and the benefit derived by the student...