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...will be seen from these statistics that it is not the difficulty of a study, but its value, which men consider in selecting their courses. Greek is a language considerably more difficult to master than Latin, yet because of the interest and value of the Greek literature and the excellent quality of the instruction, the Greek department counts three students for every two in the Latin. German and French or Political Economy and Italian stand in the same mutual relation. In fact, the hypothesis that the American youth is so foolish and so short-sighted that he will inevitably choose...
...which they collect and spread before the public, it is needless to say, excites no other feeling than disgust in the mind of every one at all sensitive to the claims of decency and propriety. Like other matters of taste it is not a subject for argument. It is difficult to see how any instructor in an institution where such a publication is issued can avoid blushing at the sight of it; that is, if he cares anything for the tone of manners in the academic body to which he belongs, and for its reputation among persons of refinement...
...marking-roll. The gates are closed at dusk in summer, and at six o'clock in winter. Any application for leave of absence must be supported by medical certificates. There is a strict strict entrance examination in necessary and optional subjects, except for those who have passed such difficult examinations as the matriculation examination of the University of London and the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations for sen or students. The standard of these examinations is consistently kept up all through the scholastic term. But there is a lighter side to all these severe experiences. The fair undergraduates, for such...
...difficult to give an accurate statement of the religious condition of Harvard University. Perhaps the recent account of the matter, which makes Harvard's religious condition about that of the world outside, is nearly correct. The faculty includes men of every shade of belief from the Agnostic and Pantheist to the Methodist and Baptist. And nearly the same thing might be said of the students, though I should be inclined to give credit to the report which represents the number of students from evangelical homes as continually increasing. The connection between teachers and students is much less close than...
...tennis question is one which seems to be beyond solution. With the present limited grounds it is difficult to devise any arrangements which can give universal satisfaction. But, in spite of the difficulties of the question, it is one that should be grappled with, and for this reason any suggestions should be considered. More men are probably directly interested in tennis than in any other sport in college and the subject should be considered as of at least as great importance as any branch of athletics. While we do not propose to suggest any complete revolutionary scheme, there seem...