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...together on the recover but not in the stroke. Harvard men bring their slides and body swing into one motion in the stroke and separate them on the recover. Yale made an innovation last year in not rowing the oar quite in to the body; Harvard did not follow her example and opinions are somewhat divided as to the value of it. Mr. Watson-Taylor does not believe in this mode of finishing. He has watched the rowing at both Yale and Harvard for the past two seasons and on several occasions has coached the Harvard crews...
...instance in some numbers of the Advocate. It is, however, up to the usual good standard of the paper. From one particular point of view it deserves praise, in that most of the contributions, both of fact and fiction, deal with college topics. If undergraduates would more closely follow this principle in their writings, they would avoid the criticism so frequently brought against them of attempting to discuss matters beyond their experience, not to say above their comprehension...
...second lecture in Mr. Gilman's course on the Psychology of Music takes place this evening at 7.30 in Sever 11. The subject will be Timbre. The remaining lectures will follow on successive Wednesday nights at the same place and hour...
However much the smaller colleges may hesitate to follow Harvard in some of the liberal reforms, they seem unanimous in their desire to extend the elective system. The catalogue of Brown University for the current year, which has just been published, shows a largely increased list of electives. Instruction is now given in the Semitic languages and in Oriental history, in advanced Latin for lower courses, and in Zoology, Geology, and Botany. A course in classical Archaeology is also for the first time given to the senior class, and other students who desire to attend. German, which was once...
...discuss the present plan as if it proposed to reduce to college course to three years by cutting off the senior year. But it is the right and the duty of those who are asked to take a given step, to inquire what further steps are likely to follow the one proposed, and especially what is the intention of those who propose it. This is all the more necessary when the step involves the reversal of the long established policy of a great institution, so that an error, if made, cannot easily be corrected. No one who has followed...