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LIONEL S. MARKS.ENGLISH 8.- The hour examination announced for Tuesday, Nov. 2, will be postponed until Thursday, Nov. 4. When I decided on the former date I had forgotten that it was election...
...circumstances of the discussion should not be forgotten, however. Intense excitement was aroused by the supposed threat of abolishing the scrimmage. Seniors, through the misunderstanding, were led to feel that the management of an affair wholly their own was being taken from them without their consent. And to add to the irritation, justifiable under the circumstances, they were told that their opinions, even though embodied in a petition by a majority of the class, would have no weight. It was felt that their rights were to some degree infringed upon. In fact they had fully as much cause...
...have worked hard and conscientiously in order that a crew might be turned out which would be a credit to the University. And this they have accomplished. Now it seems to me that something should be done to show these men that their earnest efforts are not forgotten, and that even though their daily practice cannot be watched by a large number of students, still the manner in which they have worked, and the great sacrifices which they have undergone for Harvard's welfare, are heartily appreciated...
...fail to show their real knowledge.- (x) Owing to nervousness caused by issue at stake on one examination.- (3) Evil results upon students.- (a) Mental and physical strain.- (b) Moral relaxation.- (c) Encourages practice of "cramming."- (x) A knowledge sufficient to pass the examination quickly acquired and as quickly forgotten.- (2) Involves a great waste of time.- (b) Term virtually suspended for four weeks.- (a) Many days of idleness and inactivity during the period...
...Copeland spoke in passing of a forgotten book entitled "The To-morrow of Death," from the French of one Louis Figuier, of Pope's translation of the Iliad, of translations from George Sand, Authors' Classical Dictionary, the novels of Henry Kingsley, and many another volume which had contributed to a complex yet vivid recollection of this distant library...