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...question has been raised as to whether a man conditioned at a mid-year examination in a required study, - History, for example, - may not be allowed to pass off his condition at the Fall examination for anticipating the subject, instead of being obliged, as now, to wait till February. This question is under consideration by the Faculty, and will probably be decided at its next meeting...
...many of his ideas. He says that the abolition of hazing rests entirely with the present Freshman Class. He deprecates the system of pressure to which the Sophomores were subject in signing the pledge, - a rather violent form of conversion in its true light. Though "Fair Harvard" may overdraw the extent and violence of hazing, there is no reason why it should be pursued even in a mild form. All license leads to abuse, and should we countenance "roughing," the inherent evil of the system would be sure to show itself sooner or later in an extreme form. Since...
...nominated by this University for the Chinese service in 1865. Two other Americans joined the service at the same time, - one a nominee of Union, and the other of Yale. More of our countrymen are now wanted; and if those selected prove intelligent and industrious, it may fairly be expected that in a few years they will hold excellent positions in China...
These considerations may furnish an excuse for the rather startling proposition at the head of this article: Note-Books at Examination. In college life we can master but little, yet we can learn where to look for a great deal. Whether our attention is sufficiently turned in that direction is a question I would candidly ask. Many an hour spent on rereading and memorizing notes when we have already sufficient understanding to use them as a work of reference, could be far more advantageously spent on subjects connected with our study. Notes on this outside reading would be so much...
...desiring to see a rather extravagant example of the spirit that crops out in all our exchanges from mixed colleges, will find it in the Cornell Era of May 8, under an article on "Dancing and its Results." They must read the Bible and Prayer-Book a good deal at Cornell, for in two articles in this number they succeed in working in four phrases cribbed from these standard authorities...