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Perhaps we ought for the present to look upon the marking system as a necessary evil. Nevertheless we do not come to college to be marked; and it may be laid down as a truism that any course of instruction in which the element of marks preponderates over that of instruction, in which the energies of the instructor are expended in estimating the work rather than in criticising it, and in which the practical result and outcome of the student is a mark and not the means by which to do better,-that any such course of study...
Whether we are suffering from an "inflated" marking system was a subject discussed by one of Harvard's professors at a recent recitation. It is this professor's opinion that we are. Doubtless other professors can be found who will not agree with his views. According to the former view, the present standard of marking has by slow abuse gradually become so inflated that now it is quite impossible to give positive marks on a just scale, which shall without unfairness indicate the exact standing of any student. Therefore it has become necessary in order that the marks...
...rebound, however, Bonsal was on the ball and for a moment it seemed that another touchdown must surely follow. Yale secured the ball from the three down rule, and by good half-back play succeeded in forcing it from their ground. Several times our full-back failed to either mark his fair catches or to return the ball, and so Yale gained the full length of her kick. Good catching by Henry and Peabody kept Yale away from our poles though for some time, while several very brilliant runs and drop kicks by the former aroused unbounded enthusiasm among...
...sake, and is no longer used for hazing purposes. It furnishes excellent exercise and is a manly sport. We believe that the game is played by the university elevens in a manly way, and while the rules we have mentioned ought to be on the books to mark the limits of fair play and to provide punishment for any who may go beyond those limits, their existence does not in itself indicate that it is necessary to continually guard against 'the spirit of sharpers and of roughs...
...recent one hour examination in Philosophy 6 will count for a part of the year's mark...