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"Special honors" at graduation are given in ten subjects - History, Political Science, Greek, Latin, French, German, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Entomology. It will be noticed that a man can get honors in Greek without excelling in Latin, and vice versa. This is different from the system at Harvard, where the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HONOR SYSTEM AT HARVARD AND AT CORNELL. | 12/22/1882 | See Source »

WILLIAMSThe Argo favors the scheme. "To us," it says, "this division of forces and reformation of associations, seems eminently practicable and desirable. In the first place the old scheme would make the membership of the league too great for a large or advantageous series of games between the different nines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE LEAGUE. | 12/21/1882 | See Source »

The rule which allows each instructor to assign his marks for the year according to his own judgment is doubtless a wise one. Courses are conducted differently by different instructors, and it would be manifestly impracticable to attempt to fix any method of assigning the marks for the year which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/19/1882 | See Source »

All will agree that regular gymnasium exercise and out of door sports are not only desirable, but indispensable to the physical welfare of students. Now if our nines, our elevens, and our crews were given up, who could doubt but that an immense diminution would take place in athletic interests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/16/1882 | See Source »

Before the introduction of the present system of assigning rooms by lot a very curious method existed - or one which seems curious in view of the present system. The rooms were assigned by classes, freshmen having ground floor rooms in all buildings except Holworthy, the whole of which was reserved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ASSIGNMENT OF ROOMS. | 12/15/1882 | See Source »