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...seems a little singular that in a college like this, where an elective system prevails, and the course of study is consequently left to a great extent to be selected by each student for himself, there is no provision for any instruction for the purpose of enabling us to make an intelligent choice. In order to make such a choice it is particularly important to have clear ideas of the manner in which all knowledge is divided or classified, and of the value and applications of the different branches, together with the general character of each, and their mutual relations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER DESIDERATUM. | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

...obtained without taking an extended course. This is particularly the case with all branches of Natural History. But the chief advantage would be in enabling the student to co-ordinate and sub-ordinate properly the different parts of his education, and to attain a position from which he could make an intelligent selection of his future studies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER DESIDERATUM. | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

...captain of the H. U. F. B. C. is endeavoring to make arrangements for a match game of foot-ball with Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

...family. Or, in the words of a Boston paper, "Holyoke will be managed in every way like a first-class hotel, except that no meals will be served." The object of the proposed change is to exclude from the building persons who do not belong there, and to make the property of the students more secure. The measure is looked upon by some occupants of the building as extremely arbitrary, and by others as quite desirable. It seems to us that the occupants of Holyoke will be very much at the mercy of the family of their janitor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

...sweet kiss make us sour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »