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...catalogue of this famous school is particularly interesting this year, owing to the great change that has lately been made in the course of studies. The object of this change is to meet the new requirements at Harvard; and as it was found to be impossible to perform the additional work in the already crowded three-year course, another year, called the "Preparatory," has been added...
...development of his mind; it is rather a question whether he will do it or not. The standard of admission is raised to fit a man for a higher and a more systematic mode of thought and study, and the required studies of the first year are made as general as possible, to enable one to choose the course of study which suits him best. There are very few, if any, fitting schools in which all branches are taught as well as in a university like Harvard. A man may come to college with the impression that he is fitted...
...result of the agitation of the "Spring Vacation" question, we have received several articles on the subject which, although we cannot publish, deserve some notice. However the majority of the students may incline, we believe it is improbable that any change will be made during the present year, but a free discussion may have results in coming years...
...remark has often been made, that many graduates of Harvard, despite the instruction in Rhetoric, and the number of required themes and forensics, are unable to write a respectably good letter; meaning, thereby, one that is correct in grammar, spelling, and expression. That this is the case is not at all improbable, as men receive their degree on the average mark in all the studies; and thus a very low mark in a certain study, if accompanied by a high one in some other branch, does not preclude a degree...
...fallen upon the requisitions in English reading. These entrance examinations might furnish a basis on which to divide the class into several sections, which should differ from each other both as regards the time when themes should first be written, and also as regards their number. These suggestions are made merely to show that the undergraduates take fully as much interest in this subject as the alumni, and feel just as keenly as they the disgrace that comes upon a college when any of its graduates are found to be ignorant of the rudiments of an ordinary English education...