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...error on which the three-year idea is based seems to be that the degree of Bachelor of Arts simply denotes that its holder has done the work of seventeen courses. If that were true, the three-year plan would have no opponents. What the degree has hitherto meant, however, is that its holder, if he is a "competent" man, has lived for four years an academic life, in which he has pursued liberal studies with some success, in which he has had an opportunity to partake in one or more of the College activities, and in which...
...treatment and variety of theme is unusually good. The leading editorial--on criticism--by neglecting the precaution of premising its definition of good criticism and over-looking the fact that, besides the destructive, there is an appreciative criticism often as illuminating as the work itself, falls into the error of condemning the good for the sins of the bad. The second editorial, an appeal to the serious minded for a right understanding of the "College butterfly," is very seasonable. The longer contributions are all in prose with one exception, "The Two Wreaths," a poem in three stanzas, delicate in thought...
...view of recent editorials on the subject of Commencement changes, permit me to call attention to a singular error made in a communication on the subject and overlooked in the editorials in question. The communication referred to found two objections to the plan suggested by the Committee of Alumni. The more important of these was based on the fact that the Committee's plan provided for a baseball game with Yale on the Tuesday prior to Commencement, and on that day, Commencement Day at Yale, our ball team was expected to play at New Haven. As a matter of fact...
...underlie some economic theorems. Of a similar character is the evidence that many kinds of events are practically independent of each other. From this presumption it is deducible that magnitudes depending on a great variety of causes will vary according to a law of frequency called the law of error...
Stillman pitched a very effective game, and fielded his position in excellent style. The fielding of Clarkson and of Skilton deserves especial commendation, both players accepting the most difficult chances without error. But while the fielding of the nine was encouraging, the inability to hit was disheartening. The men seemed unable to get their eye on the ball, and when they did reach the ball, were unable to place it out of the reach of the fielders...