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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.-Your editorial of the 17th ult. on the inefficiency of the German department, has not, it seems, produced the desired effect. Not only has no head to the department been appointed, but the methods of one instructor in particular have established no attempts at improvement. The instructor in question, day after day, ignores completely the presence of half the men in his sections; in fact, to make the matter worse, often calling upon the more fortunate students twice or more times in the course of a recitation. This is common talk among the men of the freshman...
President Eliot, in his annual report, gives a very interesting summary of the various steps which the college has pursued in arriving at its present stand with regard to elective studies. Speaking of the studies which are yet required, he says, "The rhetoric, French, or German, and the elementary scientific lectures, are obviously matters which properly belong to the secondary schools; so that these few remaining requirements of the college course are of a temporary and provisional character, retained in college only until the secondary schools deal with them satisfactorily...
...looking over the report of the Dean, it is interesting to note the number of students who elected the various subjects last year. First comes History with 521 men; then Natural History with 454; Philosophy, 357; Political Economy, 324; Greek, 229; Latin, 203; English and German, 194 each; French, 189; Fine Arts, 181; Chemistry, 174. We see by this that some of the hardest courses are elected by the greatest number of men, thus showing the falsity of the often-heard statement that, under an elective system, "soft" courses are usually chosen. It is curious to note that Greek...
...legitimate result of the development begun over sixty years ago. Under the regulations in force this year, freshmen are allowed to make choice of electives from twenty-five full courses and six half-courses, namely, nine in Greek and Latin, four and two halves in French and German, one and a half in history, three and three halves in mathematics, and eight in science; and no freshman is allowed to take more than two courses in one department. In this connection the subject of required themes and forensics is touched upon, and reasons are given for the recent change...
...German II has begun the "Life of Robspierre." All students who have not copies of the work will procure them immediately...