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...this respect. Naturally it was expected that 81's Commencement programme would show a long list of Honors, and a number of Highest Honors assigned. But now the announcement is made, that but one man in the class has received the certificate of Honors of the highest grade. It seems strange that there should have been such a falling off in scholarship as this result would presuppose. The marks of the last two years, in almost every case that we have ever heard of, have been higher than those of the first two. How then can the result we have...
...cent higher than in other studies. Perhaps it is considered that Honorable Mention in English Composition is not, on the 80 per cent basis, a sufficient title to a degree cum laude; if so, it, along with several other subjects, should be excluded from consideration in determining the grade of a degree. So far as Honorable Mention is concerned, the requirements should be uniform for all subjects, while the comparative value of it certainly depends entirely upon the subject in which it is given...
...also promise to deposit in the Library of said College, at my own expense, an album of the best grade above-mentioned, containing a full complement of portraits and views...
Class orders are to be paid for immediately on delivery. In ordering an album a deposit of $5 is required at the time of ordering. The price of the regular first-grade album is $20. Mr. Notman will furnish a cheaper grade album for $15. The regulation album contains twenty leaves. Extra leaves will, however, be put in at a cost of 75 cts. per leaf...
...follows: "Old man, I admire your pluck. If you'll only pitch into the Faculty heavy, we'll all buy your paper. You see, the Advocate and Crimson haven't got backbone enough. You just publish these complaints about janitors and short vacations, and these suggestions about a lower grade of degrees and abolishing prayers, and I tell you what, the fellows will back...