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...blanks have been issued and the collection of the class fund had been begun long before the mid-years, in some cases even before Christmas. '83's fund does not promise to be a large one, and therefore it seems to me there is, and for months has been, need of earnest and continued effort on the part of the secretary. To leave the entire work,- the collection of the funds and the writing of the class lives-until the last term of the year does not seem to be a course that will bring about the best results...
...Jones is, no doubt, an able and conscientious instructor, and does for the men under him all that his limited time allows. But when one man is called upon to teach elocution - a subject in which there is especial need of individual attention and criticism - to the whole college, satisfactory results can hardly be looked for. Class instruction may be all very well for beginners, in serving to give them an idea of fundamental rules and starting them in the right direction. But when men have made any progress at all, what they need is individual instruction and a chance...
...there any need of starting the bar so low in the two-hand vault? It increases the length of the event unnecessarily, and would seem to decrease the chances of making good records by tiring out the contestants too soon...
...freshmen feel the need of sleep since the classical lectures have been discontinued...
...word of commendation should be given the costumes for their elegance and beauty. The pupils are always attired in the costliest robes that the school can procure, and each, in his luxurious dressing-room, has a servant to attend to his every need. Truly, if there be no "royal road to knowledge," there is still one to the summit of dramatic art open to our students...