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...rules governing the instructors of the university is that no examination shall extend beyond three hours. The corporation wisely foresaw that, if no such restriction were enacted, students would be constantly treated with the utmost inconsideration by some professors whose sole aim in examinations is not to discover what the student may know, but to impress on him how absolutely little knowledge of the subject he possesses. The more he succeeds in convincing the student that he is groping in absolute ignorance, the more satisfaction does he seem to take unto himself. This rule the authorities have enacted...
...hear that there is quite a boom in lacrosse this spring at Yale. Our men, who are becoming more and more indifferent, will need a fresh start if they hope to hold the lead, as they have done of late. '85 brought in several very fine players, but beyond these there seems to be no material forthcoming to make up the team in future years, and to add to the discomfort of the supporters of the game, several of the finest players will leave next year. With these facts in view, our prospects are threatening. And yet we dare assert...
...Williams Athenaeum advances an admirable idea in proposing and advocating the establishment of a stronger "inter-collegiate feeling" among the colleges of this country. "Let us," it says, "discuss in our departments matters of general interest to the college press, and college world; create an inter-collegiate feeling beyond the mere exchange of college publications. There is enough which concerns us all, to make at least one department of our publications reach farther than our own campus confines." The growth of such a feeling is, we think, coming naturally in the course of events. Inter-collegiate sports, races and meetings...
Thus, instead of being seekers after a strong, original style and clear expression, we become copyers of a style which another has adopted as being in his own mind good enough for all and beyond criticism. Theme writing cannot, of course, be dispensed with, but to improve as much as possible the various styles of the students, we think a greater range in subjects should be given, and that one rather impracticable should not be adopted as a criterion. The style which we endeavor to imitate is no doubt beautiful and good for some subjects, but the fact that...
...have appeared for the same ground, and in other instances there have been disputes in regard to presumed encroachments by tennis players on the cricket and la crosse fields. The man "Tom," who lays out the courts, seems to have become a self-constituted authority, whose interests extend little beyond his white-wash bucket, and getting the money for his work. The popularity of tennis this spring seems to be on the increase, and numerous claims have been made on the ground available for courts, so that our fields are now closely scored. The distribution of these courts is remarkable...