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IN view of the present phase of Class Politics, it may not be amiss to pass a bit of friendly criticism on the value of the so-called "Class Lives." Class after class has maintained the custom of having (or trying to have) every member write his "life" on sheets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 1/26/1877 | See Source »

Speaking from experience, I can say that not sixty per cent of the class write anything at all, and the most part of what is written is not worth a picayune. Now and then a man has something worth mentioning, but the average life is a very cambric-tea affair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 1/26/1877 | See Source »

The change I would suggest to the present Senior Class is to abandon this farce of class lives, and have a large class-book with pages assigned to every man ever connected with the class. Have a brief simple history, comprising some few salient points, such as date of birth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 1/26/1877 | See Source »

Here at once we see the result of special attention to our language. No superficial student could have written this sentence, and we even doubt whether those who have not had the advantage of special instruction in English at Neophogen College will fully understand it. We humbly acknowledge that we...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH AND ETIQUETTE. | 1/26/1877 | See Source »

"It is impossible to trace in these figures the operation of any rule connecting scholarship with the more or less free use of the privilege in question. Upon the whole, then, the fair deduction from the returns of last year, whether they are examined with respect to average results, or...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. | 1/12/1877 | See Source »