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...volumes in the "College Series of Greek Authors" are expected to appear in the next few months. Prof. Humphreys' edition of the "Clouds of Aristophines" is now in the process of electrotyping. This edition is based on the well known German edition of Kock. The "Clouds" will be followed by Sophocles "Antigone" based on the edition of Wolff. The "Antigone" is to be edited by Prof. D'Ooge, of Ann Arbor. The object of this series which is being issued under the joint editorship of Prof. J. W. White of Harvard and Prof. Packard of Yale, is to furnish...
...class of '83 have risen against the entire system, declaring "that their consciences will not allow them to appear upon the commencement stage as the recipients of "honors" based on a system which they believe to be injurious to the moral and intellectual tone of the college and unworthy of the dignity of college students." As their request for the doing away with honors was not granted, they have asked that, in their case, the usual commencement exercises be omitted...
AMHERST.Amherst professors mark on the scale of five and make four grades, which appear on the diploma and certify to the actual average work the student has accomplished. The lowest grade corresponds to two, on the scale of five. A mark of three gives one cum laude; four, magna cum laude, and five, summa cum laude. The aim of this marking system is to make the nominal mark correspond to the actual work done. The six or eight in the class who attain the highest average ranks appear on the commencement stage, thus general ability is encouraged rather than proficiency...
...said, "Mr. Smith, what is your opinion of the position of these animals in the classified series?" "Oh, sir," replied the innocent Smith, "my opinions exactly coincide with those just expressed so lucidly and clearly by Mr. Johnson!" Some examiners try to discover what a student knows, and others appear to aim rather at elucidating the ignorance of the candidates who appear before them. But to the end of time, there will be humor mixed with the grave concerns of testing knowledge, which is, for both sides, a hard enough task. The student who, when asked by a stern examiner...
...constitution list of members of the Harvard Club of New York for 1883 has just been issued. C. C. Beaman, 61 is president and N. S. Smith, '69 secretary. Many names from the classes of '80 and '81 appear among the list of members, and from the class '82 the following are members: G. W. Dickerman F. W. Eldridge, H. R. Hoyt, H. Oxnard and J. E. Weld. The total number of members is 303. The next meeting of the club will be held April 21st...