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The report which appeared in the New York papers, that the Princeton faculty had rescinded its rule forbidding practice with professionals, proves to have been premature. The position we occupied, however, when we supposed the report to be true, remains unchanged. It is certain that a large proportion of students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/8/1883 | See Source »

It then takes up the question of the value of the classics as a prescribed subject in a college training and asks : "What good is done the student by insisting that he shall do these small amounts of Latin and Greek? Is the mental discipline resulting from the reading of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/7/1883 | See Source »

The fear of professionalism has certainly reduced the faculty to a pitiable position. It may seem professional to try to make a nine self-supporting instead of a burden upon the pockets of men who already have enough demands for subscriptions to answer, but it is a sort of professionalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/5/1883 | See Source »

The aesthetic objection can be done away with by building an ornamental fence, which would certainly not be an impossible feat. The next dangerous objection is that of opposition to the plan by students themselves. This objection we believe to be entirely without foundation, and it is to be hoped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/4/1883 | See Source »

The class crews have been steadily at work for the past week, with but seemingly little change in their relative chances for first position. The junior's are making a somewhat better appearance but are still put down for last place by some of the knowing ones; the freshmen are...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/3/1883 | See Source »