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...action of the faculty in establishing a new course in French (V.) is, we think, to be highly commended. There are many students in college who are unable or unwilling to give the amount of time required by any of the other French courses, and who do not wish to attempt to acquire a thorough knowledge of the language at Harvard, but rather choose to defer its completer acquisition to a later time. But many of these find it necessary in their other courses to obtain a working knowledge of French and ability to translate ordinary passages at sight...
...week with graduates and undergraduates, too, for that matter, as an almost unprecedented number expect to stay for the race. Without a doubt, commencement week, with its attendant exercises and freedom from study, is the most delightful part of the year in New Haven. Speaking of commencement recalls the action of your senior class in forbidding the freshmen to participate in the exercises around the class tree. We are waiting to see if a "custom" can be established by vote...
Edward T. Smith, a law student at Charlotte, has begun a suit against Olivet College for $10,000 damages, claimed to have been sustained by the action of the faculty in suspending him from the college on false charges. Smith claims that the faculty undertook to extort money from him in settlement of a groundless charge, and, not succeeding, suspended him and he was obliged to leave school. It is understood that he will also begin suits against two or three members of the faculty personally, unless their further services shall be dispensed with by the board of trustees...
...have determined to distribute, before the close of the present academic year, a list of the subjects for the next year, in order that men may be enabled to utilize the summer months in at least a part preparation of their compositions. Life at Cambridge is so full of action, a person's time is usually so completely occupied in the study of the regular courses, that it is almost impossible to devote the just attention to the writing of themes and forensics. Under the new disposition of matters, however, men will be able and glad to anticipate a large...
...members of the Columbia crew are in active training. They pulled over the course yesterday, and their style of action was much admired by aquatic critics. The Columbias this year are a fine-looking set of young men, modest, unassuming, but hard, earnest workers...