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...theses to be written outside of the regular work has been, and deserves to be, the cause of much complaint on the part of the students. When a man has elaborate theses to write, as in Political Economy 3 and History 5, of a hundred pages or so in length, one of two things must happen: either he must neglect his regular work and write them during term time, or he must devote his Christmas recess to the task. Either of these courses seems equally bad, and we cannot believe that the amount of time necessarily employed in looking...
...essays must not exceed in length the amount of twenty-five printed pages of the North American Review...
ANOTHER manifest injustice has at length been remedied. There is no substantial reason why the Junior Class should have two hours of elective work and six Themes required of its members, in excess of the number of hours allotted to Seniors; and it is therefore a pleasure to learn that the former burden has been removed. Henceforward the work of the Juniors need not exceed twelve hours of recitation a week, with the usual margin of one hour to compensate for any unavoidable irregularity. We are also glad to know that this new regulation is carried into immediate effect; therefore...
...outside were the Seniors. Owing to the absence of the stake-boat before alluded to, the Seniors had a slight disadvantage on the start. The Sophmores soon drew ahead, Curtis working his crew at 42 strokes, while the others were six strokes slower. The Sophomores led by about a length, near the end of the first mile, with '81 second, and '82 virtually out of the race. But now the Seniors commenced a magnificent spurt, and drew up inch by inch on '83. The latter spurted also, but too late, as the Seniors crossed the line a third...
...ceased. At length a happy thought...