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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...HERALD-CRIMSON. Every one was surprised, and perhaps indignant. At the announcement that the fourth Juniour theme would be due, Jan 22. But this appointment falls into insignificance, when compared with the more recent announcement, namely, that the examination in Elocution will occur on Jan. 23. If the later date is of no importance to those There is no part of the half-year in which we are all so busy as the last few days before the semi-annuals, unless it is while they are actually going on. I, therefore, learn with surprise that the fourth junior theme will...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON. -The manifest injustice of the hour examination system appears in the recent announcement of two for the same date, Jan. 7th. The time necessary for preparation for the final examinations is not only thus seriously encroached upon, but those men who have both courses must devote a portion of the already pitiably short Christmas recess to preparation for this needless aggravation-the strongest modern argument against conservation of energy-where an immense amount of labor is expended with no adequate results-the hour examination. It is due to the respective professors to state that they are both...
...date on which the second Sophomore theme will be due has been postponed from...
Professor Sophocles stood by collegiate seniority, third in the list of the Faculty of Harvard college, being between Professor Loveting and Professor Torry. Some printed authorities place the date of his birth 1807, one going so far as to say the 8th of March, but there is reason to doubt the accuracy of this, although it is undoubtedly nearly correct. He would never in his life give any information about himself for publication. In 1838 he published "A Greek Grammar for the Use of Learners," which reached a third edition in 1847, and in 1862 had attained a sale...
...ease with which it is possible to acquire a liberal education now, as compared with the state of affairs fifty years ago, is clearly shown in an article on the "New Education," which has recently been published. At this date, one is accustomed to look back on the methods of a half century ago with perhaps a little amusement; and so it is with some surprise that we read, "that the life of the country in that period was in some respects peculiarly favorable to the progress of a superior class of students." However one is somewhat reassured...