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...plan is on foot for a confederation of the colleges of Ontario, Canada, Seven colleges are embraced in the scheme...
...which fill the columns of the daily press. One or two of these kept in each suite of rooms would enable the occupant in case of fire to be his own fire company and subdue the rising flames before they became dangerous and out of his control. The plan is one which brings the recommendation, not only of safety but of economy, For, if every man could readily extinguish any fire at the start, no large fires would take place, and the college would be a gainer as well as the student. The grenades once provided would last almost indefinitely...
...astronomy, but in order to gain even this slight knowledge of the subject, one was obliged to take a course of Optics and Acoustics. What we think is needed here are into courses in Technical Astronomu, but a popular course, with little or no mathematics, on the same plan as some of the elementary courses in Natural History, notably N. H. 4. It is really pitiful to see the woeful ignorance of college men on subjects girl would be ashamed to confess her ignorance. Yet in Astronomy, a subject which should be familiar to every one, we are all practically...
...custom of holding voluntary one hour examinations, which, we are glad to note, is becoming more general, has much to commend it. By adopting this plan an instructor is enabled to gain an accurate idea of the work being done by his section, without subjecting the students to the worry and annoyance which were the inevitable accompaniments of the old-time required examinations. Those who are up in their work, under the new system, are rewarded by being allowed to omit a portion of some three-hour paper, while the men who feel that a little further preparation would...
...excellent oarsman on the water. The possibility of promotion and the certainty of instruction would stimulate the second eight to greater efforts, and some of them would surely be rewarded by a place on the crew. As an additional consideration, it may be said that such a plan would provide a large number of experienced oarsmen for the '88 class crew next year...