Word: cases
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...claims - mine among them - were denied. It seems to me that this discrimination of the Directors between claims based on exactly the same grounds is more unfair, if possible, than the rule itself. If it is right that exemption from an unjust rule should be made in one case, why should it not be made in all cases...
...again be permitted. It is absolutely wrong, in order to convenience the instructor, to place an elective in such a position that many men will be prevented from taking it. Electives are crowded either because they are valuable or because they are easy. In the first case, students should be encouraged to take them, and if the instructor finds it inconvenient to instruct them all in the existing number of sections, then that number should be increased. In the second case, the amount of work done in the course should be extended. In either case, the expedient of making...
...Fears are entertained by persons interested in the success of the college races offered by this organization that a very meagre entry will reward their generous efforts. It will be a great pity if this should be the case, and will prove that outside of Yale and Harvard, American colleges care little for aquatic sports. We sincerely hope that the aforesaid fears may prove groundless...
...required to employ the janitor of their building, who is selected by the Faculty. No complaints of the janitor for carelessness, intemperance, or dishonesty will be entertained by the Borsair. On the contrary, the Borsair will be entertained by the complaints. Care has been taken to provide in each case a person who, under ordinary circumstances, will give no cause for such complaint. It is therefore recommended that students keep their boots clean, so that there will be no chance for dissatisfaction if they are not blacked; that nothing but milk and water be kept in rooms; and if anything...
...required for Honorable Mention, but if the subject is English, 85 per cent will be required. The degree of A. B. cum laude will be given to every one who attains 75 per cent on his college course, or receives Honorable Mention in one study, provided in the last case that he attains 70 per cent on his college course, or 75 per cent for the last three years. It is intended that the new plan shall go into operation a year from next June. The Faculty are not to be entirely bound by marks in making these awards...