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CONSIDERABLE dissatisfaction has been expressed among the students, especially among members of the Senior class, in regard to the action of the Faculty in preventing men from taking an elective a second time. I refer to English 2, the course in Shakspeare. Fully a dozen men who took the course last year, and became interested in the subject, desired to extend their knowledge of Shakspeare by taking the course a second time. Before making out their elective lists, they consulted the instructor, who assured them that no objection would be opposed to their taking the course again, since different plays...
...another column we publish a letter which has reference to the recent action of the Faculty in depriving a considerable number of men of the privilege of repeating English 2. The fact that entirely different plays of Shakspeare are read would seem to make it as independent a course as the second year of Greek 8 or 9 ; but the claims of the English language and literature are comparatively slight in the eyes of certain instructors. We do not think that our correspondent puts the case too strongly. The fact that the list of electives were handed in four months...
...selection had been-made, the Freshmen refused to leave their class-boat for the slight chance of rowing in the University race. This at first seems natural enough, but when we consider that the 'Varsity race is the great event of the year, we cannot help feeling that the action of the Freshmen is hardly excusable. Good substitutes are at hand for the '83 crew, while the 'Varsity has to look elsewhere to find men to take the place of any of the regular Crew who may unluckily be unable to row. For '83 to place its own interests ahead...
...agree with the Advocate that the new regulation in regard to extra courses is "unwarrantably severe." We think, on the contrary, that the Faculty have very good grounds for their action. The electing of some eighteen or twenty hours a week up to the time of the semi-annuals, or later, and the constant changing from one course to another, are certainly injurious to the student himself, and are also a source of great annoyance at the office. As to the fact that it is impossible to obtain good marks under certain instructors, it would seem as if the proper...
...want to learn the most and study hardest get the lowest marks; where an instructor marks on the English system, and assures you, as he gives you sixty per cent, that this would entitle you to honors at Oxford or Cambridge; where you can calculate any action of the Faculty by the simple rule of opposites; where, in fact, you can get everything by expecting and deserving nothing, and vice versa, - where, then, all these things are true of the University, why should I be surprised at anything...