Word: reference
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Although an innumerable number of courses have been added to the college curriculum since the introduction of the elective system, one branch of professional study, in which a great many men now in college expect to engage after graduation, has been entirely overlooked. I refer to the establishment of a chair of journalism, to be classed under the same head as are all the English courses. There is no better way to test the popularity of an experimental course than making it in the first place voluntary, and then if the attendance warrants, changing it to a half or full...
...gymnasium during the next term. As out-door exercise is practically out of the question during the winter months, the gymnasium should be used by the candidates for the Mott Haven team to the best advantage. The special contests to which we refer were held Thursday evenings last year, and contributed in no small degree to the success of the Mott Haven team last spring. Prizes should be offered to the men showing the most progress in each of the different events during the successive trials. In this way more candidates will be brought out than if a prize were...
...foot-ball association began the year with a burden of debt from the preceding year. It has now a balance to its credit of about $1250. The only item in its account to which it is necessary to especially refer is one of the bills for medical attendance. This is a bill which was presented to a member of the team who had been seriously injured, for accompanying him to New York, where he went towards the end of his convalescence to witness the game on Thanksgiving day. The member of the team doubtless understood that the surgeon accompanied...
Certain petty abuses connected with prompt attendance at recitations have sprung up lately, which, trivial as they may appear at first sight, are extremely annoying. We refer especially to the way some men have of carrying five, ten and fifteen minutes after a recitation has begun before entering the class room. In some of the nine o'clock recitations, the classes rarely get settled down to work until a quarter of an hour after the proper time. This negligence could be overlooked if it were exceptional, but once the example of coming in late is set, it is soon found...
Circulars have been distributed from the office among the instructors which are intended to be sent to such students as appear to be neglecting their work. It contains rules 7 and 8 of the regulations which refer to the subject...