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...hours, when not even an assistant was in the laboratory. We do not expect that Dr. Brooks will grow rich from a suit, the cause of which is due to his son's carelessness, if to anything at all criminal, and not to any manner of means to the fault of Harvard professors...
...great fault in our schools lies in the teachers frequently taking for granted that a pupil has a satisfactory knowledge of a subject of which in truth he knows only the first rudiments. The teacher does not feel sufficiently called upon to become acquainted with the exact state of his pupil's knowledge. So it comes about that or promotion into a higher class, a boy is allowed to give up entirely some branch of study which is strictly relegated to the "elementary" departments. A study which suffers more than any other from this absurd neglect is geography. Because "reading...
...nightfall then Lee held the same ground; although both sides were exhausted. McClellan was too much disorganized to attack the next day, and accordingly he waited for reinforcements. But meanwhile Lee fell back across the Potomac. McClellan's fault was not failure to attack again, but to attack one day earlier, while one-third of Lee's forces were at Harper's Ferry...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - There are many things in the world with which one can find fault, and he who finds fault with everything may be justly considered a pessimist. It is far from the truth that I consider the communication column of the CRIMSON a pessimist's column, but still there seems to be no other outlet for pent-up feelings over things with which one has become disgusted. The object of my fault-finding may seem small to many, but I feet sure that if it is remedied many will rejoice with me. I refer to the hot water...
...thesis, and to pass an examination in writing essays off-hand. Moreover, English XII has been established for those who are unable to take English V; and in both of these elective courses daily themes are required. So in the composition courses there is but little to find fault with. Possibly it might be a good plan to prescribe daily themes for sophomores; but the instructors are in a position to judge better than we of the feasibility of such a requirement...