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...just as absurd to expect an uncoached crew, nine, foot-ball, lacrosse or cricket team from Harvard to beat a well coached team of another college, as it would be to expect a set of Harvard men who had received no instruction whatever in Greek prose or Calculus to surpass in an examination in these studies a set of carefully taught men from some other college, Our victories in rowing, thanks to Col. Bancroft's better coaching, proves the principle; our defeat in foot-ball, thanks partly to Mr. Camp's better coaching, proves the principle also. Moreover, coaching...
...cremation of Calculus, at Rochester, Latin, Greek, German and French orations were delivered...
...valley. In the summer, when the hillsides are covered with verdure, and the sun, just dropping behind the western hill, lights up the valley with its farewell glories, the poetic part of the co-ed nature receives a stimulus which forms a powerful antidote to the prosaic effect of Calculus and Psychology...
...centre as ours it needs no argument to demonstrate that the knowledge of the chief modern languages is a primal requisite; for, while from a purely practical standpoint it matters comparatively little to the banker, broker or merchant whether he has read Homer, or pursued a course in calculus, it is a thing of the utmost moment to him to have acquired a sound practical knowledge of French and German. Hence our first aim has been to meet the needs of exactly this class, and, with this in view, carefully graded four-year courses have been organized, which shall take...
...Brown juniors propose to have a subscription ball this year, in place of the traditional burial of Calculus...