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...University Nine, from its organization in 1865 down to the present time, has won one hundred and sixty-nine victories. From carelessness or some other cause, only ninety balls remain to attest these victories. Permission has been obtained to put a case in the auditor's room, Memorial Hall. The present case in Massachusetts is too small to contain the fifty-four balls we have won the past two years, and those already in it, - about forty in all. This fact, and the requirement that the case shall be made of chestnut to match the wood-trimmings in the hall...
...JUST at present there are not so many men joining the Athletic Association as could be wished. We advise all those who intend to enter for the winter and spring meetings to put down their names immediately, as it will add very much to the convenience of the officers...
...neither right nor necessary that this state of things should exist. Mathematics cannot be made an easy study; but its difficulty might be vastly diminished and its attractiveness greatly increased if the faults in the present method of teaching were remedied. To the honor of one instructor, it should be said that a reform has been introduced in some of the lower courses, - noticeably, in the course in Differential Calculus. Over sixty men are taking this course, and are actually enthusiastic over it. When before were Harvard students enthusiastic over Mathematics? If all the instructors would follow the example...
...unpopularity of Mathematics can be largely accounted for by the excessive difficulty which it presents under the present system of instruction. In the first place, the lectures are not made clear enough. The instructors pass on from point to point with such rapidity that it is often impossible to take intelligible notes. The student has little or no opportunity to ask questions, and is left to work out obscure points by himself. So, until an examination reveals the fact, the instructor never knows whether the student understands the subject or not. Again, too much attention is given to the theoretical...
...first time in its life, passed out of the hands of Harvard men. Founded in 1815 by a Harvard graduate, every one of its twelve successive editors has been a Harvard man, and nine of these editors have been or are professors in this College. Of the present Faculty, Professor Bowen, Dr. Peabody, James Russell Lowell, and Charles Eliot Norton have followed one another as editors. From these facts it will be seen how closely this magazine has been connected with the College. The change of editors and the removal of the "North American" to New York is, therefore...