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...same, there should be a uniformity in the preparation of questions. An elective system in the matter of admission is no bar to uniformity. The speaker believed that the only way to secure the proper degree of uniformity was through the establishment of a board representing all the colleges interested, a board to be intrusted with the preparation and the marking of examination papers for admission in all cases where subjects and limits could be agreed upon. A free expenditure of money is necessary to procure the proper men for so important a board. Oxford and Cambridge have followed this...
...visitor who for the first time enters a students room at Harvard is struck with the great number of photographs which adorn his walls. They are one of the best incentives to an artistic spirit which accompany student life. The interest which is taken in this branch of art has been revived by the distribution throughout the college of "Catalogues of Photographic Reproductions of Works of Art." These little books open up to the student a source of artistic enjoyment which can hardly be equalled by any other means as economical. There is something connected with these reproductions...
...charged) furnished the society material for a debate which showed that the feeling of the members was against the Masons. The vote on the two subjects for debate relating to the tariff shows that a large majority of the members of the society were protectionists. Much interest was manifested in questions relating to Phrenology which was then a new science. In 1836 sophomores and freshmen were invited to attend the meetings and vote on the questions for debate...
...great command of the ball, and his judgment is always excellent. Henshaw, who has just entered college, is a splendid back stop, and throws with great swiftness and accuracy to the bases. Judging from the good material which has shown up this fall and the live interest which the men all take, Harvard has every reason to feel that the pennant may again be ours next spring...
...election of delegates to the Conference Committee on Friday last resulted in the choice of men whom we believe to be thoroughly representative of the main body of students. No society, no interest predominates. Among the delegates are men who have taken part in the various athletic sports, rowing, base-ball, foot-ball, and in the contests of the track and the gymnasium. Other interests are by no means neglected. The scholarship of the college is well represented by the three scholars of highest rank in the several classes. Then to the great mass, of students who are neither athletic...