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Eastman and Hubbell will form the battery of the Williams nine...
...possible, and whether the marking system itself is not to blame for the results. That the marking system is in itself essentially unjust and impracticable in any liberal educational system is an opinion that is already largely held and steadily growing. Moreover, it is our opinion that the present form of the marking system in use at Harvard is the very worst form that is anywhere in use. The subdivision of marks and impracticable distinctions employed at Harvard in many cases, are undeniably evil in their effect. The scale of 10 in use at many colleges or even...
...country, such as Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Durham, Cheltinham, anni multis Allis, hundreds in fact, in which for more than 30 years a liberal scientific, English and modern education has not only been combined with the classical, but made to a considerable extent imperative upon all pupils from the lowest "form" to the highest...
...these, however, have their good points, and may well be proud of the large number of distinguished men that have been educated in them. Of the Harrowians I can shy, from personal knowledge, (as during Dr. Vaughan's time not a few of them came from the Fourth Form of Harrow to finish or supplement their education for various professions and the Indian Civil Service under me) that more gentlemanly young men I never had under my care. But certainly, while well trained in Greek and Latin verse composition they were lamentably deficient in many necessary branches of education...
...advice to eighty-seven in particular and to the college in general that will be borne in mind all through the long winter and for that matter all through college. Get into the habit of using the library in a thoughtful, systematic, healthful way. It is comparatively easy to form habits that do not bring one into contact with books and especial care should be taken to correct this fault at the outset. Some special courses of reading as fiction or biography, followed out during a whole lerm or year, will probably give the best results...