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Apparently the only practical method to better the present condition, is to bring the fact to the attention of the Cambridge public that, unless accompanied by a member of the University, they will not, in future, be allowed to occupy seats on the floor of the Chapel...
Nobody would, deny the right of a professor to conduct a course after his own method, but should not the undergraduate be informed beforehand concerning the nature of his courses? Most of us did not come to Harvard for the single purpose of training our memories, however valuable such incidental training may be. There is another department in the University devoted to the psychology of this subject. Moreover, authorities differ as to the effect upon the memory of loading and unloading the mind under forced draught...
...safe method for a student who wishes to slide through college with the smallest amount of irksome exertion is to decide early in his career towards what branch of learning he naturally inclines (and the rule holds good no matter how feeble such inclinations may be) and then choose the majority of his courses from this field...
Education 3d.--The Theory of Statisti- cal Work and the Application of Statistical Method, to the Study of Educational Problems. Wednesday, Friday, at 10. Professor Cubberley, Leland Stanford Jr. University...
This plan will be tried for the Sundays during the examination period, but it may be decided to return to the old method in vogue hitherto, of allowing books to be taken out Saturday and retained until Monday, after the mid-year period is over...