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But the true answer rests greatly upon the view that is taken of the true purpose of examinations. If an examination is regarded as a pitched battle between the instructor and the student, in which the former attempts to floor his adversary and the latter tries to escape being floored...
It seems to me that the true object of an examination is to find the student's proficiency in the subject as a whole; and that an examination-paper is not a good one, because it brings the average mark obtained on it below fifty per cent, but only when...
THE recent defeat of the Ministry in England is something more than the regular political seesaw which is usually kept up by the two parties. In it we see an evidence of the steady growth, in England as well as America, of the Roman Catholic Church; though, twenty years ago...
THERE will doubtless be some opposition, on the part of the alumni, to the proposed transfer of Commons to Memorial Hall, on the ground of its being a profanation of the, to a certain extent, sacred character of the Hall. But, in answer to this, let us consider the true...
THROUGH the courtesy of the Advocate board, we had the pleasure of being represented at the annual dinner of the Editors, which took place at the Parker House, on Friday evening, the 6th of February. It was a most agreeable entertainment. Full justice having been done to the dinner, the...