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...regulations of the Faculty students who are candidates for final honors are allowed to substitute Theses, in their special subjects, for the Forensics of the Junior and Senior years. That this is regarded as a privilege is proved by the large proportion of "honor men" who take advantage of this permission and write one or two Theses in place of the four required Forensics. Now the avowed object of Forensic writing is to give facility and force in the arrangement of an argument or proof. If this is the only object, why need the additional work of looking...
...faster than 10 seconds; but we must wait now for the spring for Myers to make the record. Another feature of the meeting was the running of Mr. J. B. Harriman in the 1/4-mile run "for boys, 16 years and under." With a field of 16 starters, in the final heat he easily took the lead and kept it without difficulty, winning, finally, in 57 1/4 seconds, which, for a race under the above conditions, is very fast. He runs in excellent form, and we shall look for his name among the winners at next spring's Inter-scholastic Games...
...wish to plead for the establishment of courses in Ancient and Modern English, which shall make the attainment of Final Honors a possibility. Honors in Modern Languages are based mainly on French and German. But there are no motives to urge men to a careful study of English, except the excellence of the instruction given, or love for the subject. Is our literature, then, so deficient in value and interest? Is the ability to write - not Greek, but English - of so little importance? Students of Saxon and Old English meet with scant encouragement. Honorable Mention is a meagre reward...
...fallacy of the conclusions based upon them, I asserted concerning the arrangements actually used in running the train, that "no one of the managers has yet seen any reason to doubt that this is the best possible plan, or to hesitate about adhering to it hereafter." My final remarks were as follows...
...thrown away. Some changes were made, but, according to the confession of some of the officers themselves, meaningless changes. After the long discussion, the society remains as exclusive as ever. None but those who can conscientiously subscribe to certain dogmas can be members of the society, according to the final decision of the last meeting...