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...adopt, of offering certain half courses to be completed by a half year's work, is a wise one and is a movement in the right direction. The advantages it offers are obvious, and it is certainly to be hoped that the experiment next year will meet with complete success. If the plan does prove successful there would seem to be no reason why it should not be largely extended and made to include under its operations many other courses. Indeed, it is a question that may well be asked, why all our courses are not half-year courses? Such...
...that the first half-year of the course can be taken as a half course is an innovation which will prove acceptable to many students. It is often the case that a man would like to study a certain part of a course when he is unwilling to take the entire year's work in that course. He may feel particularly interested in a subject taken up, while the remaining subjects of the course are useless to him. The extension of this privilege of substituting half-a-year's work in a full course for a half-course would allow...
...Philosophy courses formerly under the charge of Prof. Palmer, the instruction will be given by Dr. Royce. Dr. James' course will be divided, so that the first half-year can be taken as a half-course. Prof. Dunbar will give a new course in Political Economy on "The Financial Systems of Europe and America...
...marks in N. H. I., given out yesterday morning, covered the recitations of the last half-year as well as the midyear examination. The marks ran high as a rule...
...affirmative and Messrs. R. Coit, '83, and J. McDuffie on the negative. The annual reports of officers were made after the debate. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $29.00 in the treasury. The report of the executive committee reviewed the work of the Union for the past half-year, and showed it to be very satisfactory. Officers were elected as follows: President, C. R. Saunders, '84; vice-president, S. M. Hayes, '84: secretary, Barnes, '84; treasurer, W. H. Baldwin, '85. The debate at the next meeting will be on the question of German socialism...