Word: electivity
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Prof. Paine desires the announcement to be made that Music 3, for the coming year is not to be a technical course, and will not require a knowledge of the keys from those who elect it. It will aim to treat the history and literature of Music...
Senator Beck of Kentucky says that President Arthur is the only man that the Republicans can elect to the Presidency...
Saul C. Davis, a lawyer, attempted to kill Congressman-elect John E. Lamb at Terre Haute, Indiana, yesterday...
...rests on whether there will be room for all the classes around the tree. If, after considering this question, the class day committee think there will not be room, the freshmen will yield gracefully. The best and shortest way out of the difficulty appears to be for '86 to elect a committee to confer with the senior committee and thus reach a speedy settlement. The question could be fully discussed in a joint committee of the two classes, and whatever decision arrived at would be better understood and accepted by the freshmen...
...best way to understand and judge the elective system is to see its practical workings. Courses in ancient languages are taken by 564 men, of whom 295 take Greek and 209 Latin. Courses in modern languages are taken by 807 men, of whom 324 take German, 178 English, 188 French and 51 Italian. 182 men elect Philosophy, 188 Political Economy and 588 History, while Fine Arts is elected by 138. Courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Natural History occupy the attention...