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...seventy-five different combinations of subjects were presented. The result of this liberty in the choice of subjects for examination has been a very material increase in the number of men offering more subjects than are strictly required for entrance. By the old method, a candidate was often compelled to prepare himself on a set of subjects, some of which were utterly distasteful to him. By the new method, a candidate may make a choice and pursue a course of preparatory study congenial to his tastes, and one which will be in a line with the preparation at college...
...took occasion to notice favorably the rule which had been adopted by a number of our professors, against tardiness at the nine o'clock lectures. We are now led by a number of complaints we have received to suggest to some of our professors that great inconvenience is often caused by the holding of the students in the lecture room beyond the allotted hour. We believe that lectures should begin promptly and that professors should not be annoyed by troops of tardy students, but we believe also that there is quite as much reason for closing lectures with the ringing...
...Italy will be welcome news to all who have heard him lecture before on subjects connected with foreign travel. Every year Professor Cooke gives some public lectures and he is always especially anxious to have the members of the freshman class come to hear him, as his remarks often bear upon the work done in the class room. The first lecture of the series will be on the city of Venice, and will be delivered next Thursday evening in Boylston Hall. The only drawback to these lectures is that the room in which they are given is invariably too small...
...subject discussed was the life and art of Benvenuto Cellini. Mr. Colby and Mr. Ruland had worked up the subject together, and read extracts from Cellini's very interesting autobiography, and comments on his works by Symonds. The meeting was entirely informal. and Mr. Ross and others often added some interesting word or anecdote to the accounts of the regular speakers. A very fine book of plates illustrating Cellini's most noted works was kindly loaned by Mr. Kiernan from the library. This work is edited by Eugene Plon and is very valuable. The other books used were translations...
...these requisites are present in the Medea, which is also comparatively free from the digressions which often mar the work of Euripides. The grouping of the actors on the stage assisted the unity of the piece by directing the attention to the central figure. The plot itself was almost bodily borrowed from the piece of Neophron, but great skill is shown in leading up to the catastrophe. The poet makes us understand the conduct of Medea, although no real sympathy with her unnatural deed is possible. Medea herself was, in the minds of the Athenians, a real and terrible woman...