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GREAT is the art of verse-making, and much to be desired! It is the art of arts, - the constant vehicle for the burning thoughts of mankind. It is the art which every Harvard man would do well to cultivate, if he wish to distinguish himself and perhaps become even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DE ARTE POETICA. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

THE Harvard Register for June is the best number that has yet appeared. It is a model of typographical excellence and care, in which respect we know of no other American magazine, excepting, perhaps, Scribner's, that equals it. The articles this time are unusually interesting, comprising a paper on...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/18/1880 | See Source »

THE elective system, though far superior to the prescribed, has also its drawbacks. Perhaps the most frequent and greatest difficulty, even to the earnest student, is in deciding what to elect, and in learning who is to conduct the course; whether the professor named in the elective pamphlet, or some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COURSES IN GEOLOGY AT HARVARD. | 6/18/1880 | See Source »

THOSE who have read the last annual report of the President will remember the recommendation contained there of establishing a system of promotion for instructors: a Tutor to be raised, after a certain time, to the rank of Assistant Professor; an Assistant Professor to the rank of Professor. The recommendation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/18/1880 | See Source »

Then came a squad of high College officials, mounted on ostriches, each bird being shod with gold, and wearing the shield of the University emblazoned on its breast. The skill of the riders did not seem to command the attention that it deserved, perhaps because they have so long ridden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY CIRCUS. | 6/18/1880 | See Source »