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...subject of taking notes, suggested by an article which was published recently in the CRIMSON, is an interesting, as well as a puzzling one. It is probably quite true that too many do not realize the real importance of taking good notes, and that, as Snodkins has been represented as doing, a large number of men pass the recitation hour in playing with their pencils, sketching in their note books, and taking down only occasional references that the lecturer gives...
...That note taking is an important element of study is shown by the fact that some of the instructors in college examine the note books of those in their sections, and assign marks which are made to count a certain percentage of the year's total. Just now important an element of study note taking is, perhaps it is hard to say. Doubtless the instructor regards a good note-book in a certain degree as an index of good attendance, and good work. The value to the student is here seen in the mark that he gets. But marks cannot...
...taking notes the student has the subject more strongly impressed upon him. To write a thing is almost to remember it; to have classifications and diversions, chapters and paragraphs in visible form on paper, is to give to them more decided shape in the mind, and therefore, greater possibility of being readily comprehended. The careful note-taker is a sort of artist, and in a page covered with paragraphs, and sub-paragraphs, a-b.c's and 1-2-3's he sees a picture, a closer scrutiny of which reveals to him the thought and life that it represents...
...looking over the report of the Dean, it is interesting to note the number of students who elected the various subjects last year. First comes History with 521 men; then Natural History with 454; Philosophy, 357; Political Economy, 324; Greek, 229; Latin, 203; English and German, 194 each; French, 189; Fine Arts, 181; Chemistry, 174. We see by this that some of the hardest courses are elected by the greatest number of men, thus showing the falsity of the often-heard statement that, under an elective system, "soft" courses are usually chosen. It is curious to note that Greek...
...days later I take the pains to borrow Snodkins' note-book, and study well the pages between the hard-worn covers. First, I am pleased to find some writing, "Hollis Holworthy Snodkins, '85, 57 Mattworthy, Camoridge, Mass.," all of which doesn't seem to me to be very important, until I have discovered it repeated on most of the subsequent pages. At times it is mostly "Snodkins, '85," a phrase terse, but so full of meaning! Or, again it is "Snodkins, '85," with, conspicuously near, a reference to "p. 199," or "p. 299." I look up the first reference...