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...persons can slide safely out of the burning building. These large bags, however, are very bulky, and could not well be stored in the entry or in any student's room. The most practicable fire-escape seemed to be the ordinary rope, and it is possible that in the end this plan for safety against fire will be adopted. If so, a plain rope will be furnished each student who desires one, but he will be obliged to keep it constantly attached to a staple in the window and coiled below ready for use. Otherwise the precaution would be almost...
...must be training the boating men at Exeter down to a fine point," says the Exonian; "the animated skeletons of the middle class will soon begin to train for the crew. They will be kept on a bread and water diet, and what is left of them at the end of the year will be sent to Dartmouth...
...informed by the president of the Dining Association that the tables which have recently been removed from the lower end of the hall were extra tables, put in at the beginning of the year to accommodate the crowded condition of the hall, and that the main hall now contains the regular number of tables...
...change of some importance has within the year been put in effect at the University of Michigan: "While retaining in part the old 'credit system,' which is very similar to those in other colleges, the authorities in addition have drawn a line at the end of the second or sophomore year in the entire department of literature, science and the arts, between the secondary education and the higher, or genuine university education. This plan was adopted by the regents...
...make large attainments in a few studies rather than a limited amount in many studies. Much, not many things, is the principle. The 'university system,' it may be observed, is a natural outgrowth of the general principle of drawing the line between the secondary and superior education at the end of the second or sophomore year. There is made no distinction of classes, but each student is credited in the catalogue with the number of courses he has completed. About thirty thus far have chosen the 'university system...