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...German student, on the other hand, is hampered by no marks, no routine, no surveillance, no compulsory recitations; he is not treated like a school-boy, and hence does not behave like one. He cannot calculate what per cent he must obtain in order to scrape through. He must either leave or drop out, either succeed or fail. Hence he does not "cram" for an examination with matter which he will throw away afterward, but studies with a view to permanent results. In short, he is free to be what his own talents and energy may make him. The result...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKS ABROAD AND AT HOME. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

...cannot exist together, for the marks defeat the very object of the electives. If a foreign system of education be imported, the machinery that makes its working possible must be imported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKS ABROAD AND AT HOME. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

...flourishing condition. Altogether, the interest shown in these sports had promised an increase of work and training for the field-meeting, and it can hardly be doubted that, had such a meeting taken place this year, it would have proved the best ever held at Harvard. But, unfortunately, it cannot be; Jarvis is in a too tender state to admit of even laying a track on it: the sod must first grow thicker, or the field might be ruined for the future. Every one who was present at Beacon Park last year will see the absurdity of attempting another meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

...cannot let pass the opportunity of joining with the Advocate, in earnestly hoping that Mr. Childs will consent to deliver in Cambridge his lectures on English Ballad Poetry, so that the members of the University and others may hear them. We were almost inclined to be jealous at the good fortune of the people of Baltimore, until we saw that such a feeling would be unreasonable; we remembered that, until last week, no desire to hear Mr. Childs's lectures had been publicly expressed. We do not think that any modesty on our part should keep us from expressing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

...view, and description of the new Gymnasium; but some delay in deciding the plans has obliged us to postpone the supplement to our next issue. Work will be begun on breaking the ground during vacation probably, and once under way will be pushed rapidly forward. Still, as the building cannot be very far advanced by Class Day, we-think that in thus picturing it, we are responding to a general desire, expressed by Seniors particularly; a desire to have an idea, before leaving Harvard for many years, perhaps, of the Gymnasium that will be that will be the best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/5/1878 | See Source »