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...make use of their library privileges, simply through a reluctance to make the enquiries necessary to find out the system on which books are to be drawn. After one has thoroughly learned the steps which must be taken to secure books, he is still often hampered by a certain unfamiliarity with the card catalogue system. Now, however, that a lecture is to be given with the sole intention of clearing away all real or imaginary difficulties in the way of making the most profitable use of the volumes in Gore Hall, no excuse whatever will remain for the student...
...will be seen by the letter of the president, which we publish to-day, that the proposed reforms in the Monday lunch have not yet been introduced. As notice was given that the changes would take place, and as certain changes did take place on last Monday, we hope we may be pardoned for supposing that the beef pie in question was the great reform which we had been promised...
...think that our correspondent of yesterday is quite right in his complaint against the low range of marks adopted in a certain German course. The suggestion that a fixed amount, say five or ten, or a certain percentage be added to each mark has considerable weight. There can be no doubt that the greatest evil of the marking system is that no unity or equality of standards, seems to be attained by the body of instructors. Fifty per cent. with Prof. A may often be set against seventy or seventy-five per cent. with Prof. B; in courses which require...
...experiments performed during the school course, signed by the head master of their respective schools. This step would be taken to oblige the preparatory schools to secure proper apparatus and laboratory accommodations. The following are the list of proposed subjects, divided into Elementary and Advanced, from which a certain number may be chosen for admission, according to any of the four combinations given...
...postgraduate study in special branches, is a system first introduced by Oxford and Cambridge. The various colleges of which Oxford is composed, possess about three hundred fellowships, which are held for various lengths of time, some of them for life; but marriage, ecclesiastical advancement, or accession to a certain amount of property, compel the holder to surrender his fellowship. The fellow is elected after a severe competitive examination, and is hampered by very few conditions in the enjoyment of his income, and is at liberty to pursue almost any course of study. In some extreme cases, unfortunately, he simply receives...