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...That'll do," I moaned. "That's a little to (o scar)ious for me. Give us something else." With his ever-present sardonic grin he pityingly assented, and turned to an effusion by a Junior who had been to the latest opera. It also seems he got 39 once in Physics...
...have been higher than those of the first two. How then can the result we have be explained? Is the system or theory on which Final Honors are given different from that on which Second-Year Honors are given? It certainly looks so. And if we examine the present case in detail, as far as an outsider is allowed to, we find that the facts are as follows : One man in the Honor examinations obtained an average of marks five per cent higher than any one else; he certainly deserved Highest Honors. Now whether others deserved them...
...writer heads the present article with these words, taken from an able article in the Advocate of May 27, because they admirably suggest certain thoughts of his own, and certain comparisons not at all to the advantage of the English Department of Harvard College. He may be pardoned for repeating a sentence or two from a former article of his own in Vol. XV. of the Crimson : "If the Freshman year must consist of required studies, let Rhetoric be transferred from the Sophomore year, and let there be, in addition, some good elementary course in English Literature; give...
...repetition, let us see what the facts in the case are. "Honors in Modern Languages are based mainly on French and German. Honorable Mention is a meagre reward for faithful work in seven English courses." If Graduate Courses a and b (under Modern Languages) could be added to the present list as requisites for Final Honors in English, - a thing at present unknown, - these, together with six hours of English 2, and possibly another hour of English 7, would amply deserve such Final Honors - something more, at least, than Honorable Mention, which is all a student of English can hope...
...requests to have the books handed in, and of examining and arranging them afterwards; the students would be free from the annoyance of obtaining and handing in blue-books, and from the danger of forgetfulness or neglect; while the expense would be, at the worst, no greater than at present. This is the plan adopted at most colleges, excepting that the college governments pay the expenses, and we see no reason why the present awkward and complicated system should be longer continued at Harvard...