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...FAULHABER will begin a German reading of Maria Stuart on Monday evening, February...
...article on the marking system the Spectator advocates the abolition of daily marks and the substitution of thorough examinations at stated intervals. This, it says, is the "German plan," and "if Harvard, the leader of advance in this country, adopts the German plan, our descendants shall go to Harvard." A short experience in the charms of monthly examinations would probably change this writer's mind. The Spectator is eminently interesting, and noticeable for its great good sense...
...better word, may perhaps be called indifference. The managers have done everything in their power to make the dances attractive, and praise is due them for their efforts. The difficulty, however, seems to lie in a mistaken idea prevalent among dancing men, that if they invite partners for the German, bouquets are de rigueur, and the inconvenience of sending flowers oftentimes, no doubt, deters men from asking ladies to the assemblies. It is our desire to correct this impression as far as we can, using as our authority the assurance of many ladies that partners are all they demand...
THERE has been a desire expressed for a course of evening readings in German similar to those in French given by Professor Bocher; and the instructors have decided to give such a course after the semi-annuals. We hope that it will have such a hearty support as to justify its repetition another year. The students in German thus far have not encouraged anything of the sort. An excellent course in reading at sight last year attracted but few, and therefore was not given again this year. It is true that students are not as well acquainted with German...
...most pressing needs of the College are new professorships in jurisprudence, American history, hygiene, and architecture; and it is desirable that the professorships of German, surgery, elocution, English, history of art, modern languages, political economy, and music should be permanently endowed...