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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - When the freshmen are assailed on every side with so many charges, it seems almost to be treason for one of their number to join in the assault. But forbearance certainly ceases some time to be a virtue and this time seems to have been reached in the matter of the conduct of certain members of English A. The catalogue states that this course deals with the theory and practice of English composition. But some who are taking the course evidently think that it deals with the theory and practice of English conversation, especially with the practice...
...Club on the finances of the university. He began his remarks by calling attention to the fact that the accounts of the college are regularly published, although the law does not require this. Among other advantages, it tends to encourage large bequests to the college. Mr. Bussey left a certain amount of real estate to the college with the provision that it should never be sold. It amounts to about half a million of dollars. It is an advantage as a rule for a benefactor of the college not to prescribe any definite investment for his gift, since the value...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - The friends of our university read with surprise an article entitled "Poor Harvard Students," in the Boston Herald of January 3. Permit me to quote certain statements that were made in it: "There are at least eight men out of the twenty-five who took-scholarships in the junior class at Harvard last year who could have well got along without them...
...discovered, as yet, this "uncongenial aristocratic, and moneyed atmosphere," which is noticed by this unfortunate writer. But to come to the most serious part of this newspaper article; impelled not by prejudice, perhaps, but by ignorance, this person is not content with attempting to defame the personal character of certain of the most respected and upright members of the senior and junior classes, but has attempted in a closing paragraph to depreciate the fair name of our college, whose honor we trust will never be stained by being compelled to acknowledge this writer as one of her sons. The closing...
...guidance still fewer. He is limited in making his choice to "those studies which his previous training qualifies him to pursue," but it does not appear that any systematic method is employed to ascertain the qualification. It seems to remain largely in the discretion of the teachers. There are certain courses that can be taken only with the consent of the instructor, and certain courses which can be taken only after others have been pursued that are preparatory for them. The elective courses open to freshmen are specified, but those qualified to pursue higher courses in the same departments...