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...Examination paper in Greek 5, yesterday, though somewhat long, was eminently fair in its questions. Members of the section were allowed to substitute the marks obtained in the hour examinations of the past half year for certain portions of the paper...
...learning have been forced to make a stand against the oppressive restrictions laid upon them by the faculty. Last Saturday, ten cadets of the Highland Military Academy at Worcester, Mass., sent word to the faculty that, unless they were allowed to visit the theatre, the skating rink, and a certain billiard room on their afternoons out, they would leave the academy. As the faculty did not accept this ultimatum, the ten carried out their threat and abandoned the institution. The spirited way in which these young gentlemen resented the tyranny of their superiors must meet with the deepest approval. What...
Tutoring of late has occasionally taken the form of "Seminars," or parlor lectures. The tutor charges a certain fee for admission to his room at an appointed hour, giving, when the time comes, as full a resume of the course as possible. Forty and fifty dollars an evening are often made in this...
Technology students have made arrangements with certain leading business men in Boston by which holders of tickets issued to them by these firms get reduced prices on their purchases...
...results of an interview with a representative janitor; but very greatly unexpected circumstances came in my way. I found such an interview impossible. Day after day and week after week, morning, noon, and afternoon, I have called at the janitor's room, only to find him out. But for certain circumstances, which I shall mention later, I would have doubted that there was any janitor about at all. However, perhaps it is well that I could not hold the interview. Who knows that I would now be able to write, had I dared to interview a janitor ? The matter...