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...judged by the marks he receives, that these marks should be given on a more equitable basis, even though "instructors are human." Therefore it is not their honesty he attacks, but the inequality of their judgments. Secondly, in giving their opinions for publication some writers feel a certain apprehension as to the validity of their own convictions and so refrain from singning their names. But their thoughts, such as they are, they give to the public, "carrying with them no higher authority than their logic." It might be well to add here that we are not all "careful students...
...Lampoon, out today, shows a marked improvement over its predecessors of this year, and is decidedly above the standard which the Lampoon has maintained. In fact, it compares favorably in certain features with many of the professional comic papers...
Although I heartily endorse the sentiments of your previous correspondents concerning English C, I wish to protest against the childish attitude of a certain part of the 12 o'clock section, which savors strongly of a schoolboy thoughtlessness, and is in no way becoming to members of the junior class at Harvard...
...heartily agree with the communication in yesterday's paper, regarding the injustice done certain members of English C. It is conceivable that in a large class there are some who wilfully neglect their work and deserve to fail. Yet right here let me say there are, in college, courses so conducted as to admit of no failure; History 13 for one. But granting that some of us are deserving of Es, it hardly seems possible that the general standing of the class could so deteriorate, as the number of Es given lately in this course would indicate...
...work in other courses do not always evince, or else there is something radically wrong in the way this course is conducted. In consideration that the brief, which has brought despair to many, was the first we have written, it seems that too great severity has been shown by certain of the instructors in marking. If the ideals of the course are high, so much the better, but let us be so guided that we may have hopes of reaching them. To try and frighten us into accomplishing this end is not my ideal of college instruction...