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...Friday, April 1, Greek; Saturday, 2nd, Latin; Monday, April 3, Physics; Tuesday, 4th, German. These examinations are intended to be only "pass examinations;" that is, students are required to show that they have kept up with the term's work, and the marks, if any are given, will not affect the year's mark, unless much below 50 per cent. If the student gets below 50 per cent, he will probably be warned...
...results are - well, I say to the public generally very gratifying, but to myself I acknowledge that some surprise is mixed with my gratification. Now, the thing that I have been puzzling my brains over is, why I should be surprised. In a University where the curve can affect either a ball or a mark indifferently; where the men who 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...
...Boston and New York. We would strongly urge on the Cricket Club the constant practice which the members certainly need before they can meet older organizations. The club must remember that it represents the College, and that, should they suffer any disgraceful defeat, it would to a certain extent affect the reputation for athletic excellence which the College possesses. With this word of caution, we wish the Cricket Club a long and successful career...
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...abroad and row her, and we must go entirely without reference to winning or losing our race or races in this country. With Yale we must row in any case; with Columbia and Cornell probably. Suppose that Yale, Columbia, and Cornell were all to beat us; this would not affect our rowing Oxford, but we could not then go as "champions," on which so many seem to insist. A race for the "championship," while a very desirable thing, is by no means essential, as Oxford was not challenged to row the "champion" American crew, but simply Harvard University. This...