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...current number of the Advocate is of such an excellence as to indicate that the paper has raised for itself higher standards for its verse and prose and that it wants neither good taste nor suitable material to attain them. It is regrettable, however, that, in a number in most respects kept well above the plane of the amateur, the editorials should be so devoid of individuality as to be shallow. "May Songs"--a four part lyric--abounds in happy thoughts and pretty imagery and is beautifully illustrative in its fourth part of the effectiveness of well managed pathos when...
...meeting primarily intended for men who voted for the first time last year, or who will attain the right to vote this year, will be held in Faneuil Hall on Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock...
...undoubtedly welcome any honest expression of opposition to his opinion. That such opposition exists in the minds of a number of those undergraduates who have at all considered the matter, seems to me certain. It should not be forgotten that when the President says that competent men ought to attain the bachelor's degree in three years, most parents (who have a disinclination to consider their sons incompetent) will expect their boys to take this opportunity. Unless, therefore, it becomes evident that among the undergraduates, who are in a favorable position to observe the effects of the three-year system...
...opportunity to partake in one or more of the College activities, and in which he has had time to develop his character, his knowledge of men, and his knowledge of books. In other words, the "competent" four-year man has had the good fortune to attain culture...
What will the "competent" man, who has fallen before the strong temptation of the three-year idea, attain? As a Freshman, he will have to take six courses; as a Sophomore, six; as a so called Senior, five. Academic regulations being unfortunately unable to provide more than twenty-four hours in each day, how will he use his time? If the amount of work hitherto required in the courses is not to be lessened, your "competent" man must do one of two things: either he must do College work of a lower grade, or, what perhaps would be worse...