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...class this evening by President Eliot concerning the choice of electives is well calculated to advance the interest in college study as pursued in elective courses. One of the strongest arguments against the elective system has been that an average freshman or sophomore is not of a sufficiently mature judgment to be fitted for a proper choice of what studies he ought to pursue. Harvard has in the past strongly urged the students to consult with the professors before making a final choice of studies. But never before has a class as a whole been able to avail itself...
...first the game was called on account of darkness. Austin, Holden and Hallowell batted the hardest for Harvard. Excepting some fine fly catches and a foul catch by Stagg, the fielding was not brilliant on eithre side. The umpiring was wretched, both sides suffering from, the bad judgment on strikes and balls, but the decisions on bases being invariably against Harvard...
...election to the board is by competition, those who feel interested in an election must manifest their interest in contributions. There is good literary ability in the freshman class, and more than one member has already shown marked capability. But that we may be able to make a mature judgment and not fill the vacancy on the board too prematurely, we again call for a more extended interest among the freshmen...
...oration shall be delivered in Latin. It sounds as if it had been taken from some faculty report of half a century ago. Yet we think that the Record is more conservative than even its surroundings warrant. Its sister, the Courant, is far ahead of it in its judgment on subjects which are now agitating the college world. In speaking of the success of the partially elective system at Yale, the Courent thus says: "Our ideal culminates in an education which shall adapt it, self to the pressing necessities of life, and be in harmony with the spirit...
...better, than last year. Taking it for granted that Harvard will present her strongest crew, Yale will, I think, have as reasonable a chance as she did last year. To call Yale's chances poor would be an opinion of hopes and fears, and not good judgment on what the crew have done and are doing...