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During the past summer, the New York Evening Post published a series of very interesting letters on the subject of college cribbing. These letters have now been collected and republished in a pamphlet entitled "The Ethics of the marking System." They are from college men of all descriptions, - graduates, undergraduates, professors, and students. They all agree that a great amount of cribbing is practised in nearly every American college. One writer even affirms that 75 per cent. of the college graduates owe their degree in part to this system of outside help in the examination room. This writer, however...
...cribbers as a class are found among those who are seeking the minimum mark requisite for passing. They reason that they are gaining no false glory, and are depriving no one of deserved prizes, by a few tricks which are regarded as shrewd rather than dishonest. They take no pains to conceal their method of gaining forty or fifty per cent., and even boast among their companions, of the cunning way in which they hood-winked the proctor...
...freshman team plays St. Mark's on their grounds at Southboro, Saturday, Oct. 24th. The team will meet at the Boston and Albany Depot, Boston, at promptly 2 o'clock...
...great rejoicing will also be a fruitful theme. If, however, after having disposed of the pressing demands of these two, the conference becomes subject to ennui, there is another field of labor to which the members can turn with profit. This field is none other than the old marking system now in vogue, and the evils of cramming and cribbing that are inseparably connected with it. A comparison of the different methods for marking used in American colleges and a discussion of the merits of each would be of great advantage. What better body for such work could we find...
...picked eleven composed of former St. Mark's men made a trip to Southboro on Saturday and was defeated by a score...