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...lights are now in the Yard. The suggestion is made that another set of lamps be put in to enable the pedestrians to see the present lights...
...deficiency of Latin literature to be held accountable? Can it be that there do not present themselves, in Latin literature, works of a nature to be entertaining to a popular audience? Surely no devotee of Latin would acknowledge its narrowness to be of so alarming a character. Would listeners who crowd to hear Sophocles and Homer find no attractions in Lucretius and Virgil? Would those who take a rollicking delight in Aristophanes, fail to respond to Plautus...
...true explanation, - if the matter is, that the Latin instructors, blameless individually, do not pull well together, - then the case is, indeed, lamentable. For it is the community at large, and not the professors, who are to decide whether Greek and Latin are to continue in their present prominent positions as studies: it is the public who are to act as judges; and woe to Latin or Greek, if in her future great struggle for existence, there should be added to her enemies from without, that worse foe than all the rest, - want of harmony among her own pleaders...
ACCORDING to the new Regulations every Theme, Forensic, or written exercise must be presented at the time appointed by the instructor, or no marks will be given for it. It is quite a study to find out from the present notices what the subjects for Themes or Forensics are, what section a man is in, when his Themes or Forensics are to be presented, and when they are to be returned. It seems to us, since a failure to present Themes and Forensics is attended with such serious consequences, that the present method of announcing the dates on which they...
...hour on Wednesday and Friday, or to count private hours as regular ones. In the way of either proposition there are no serious difficulties, and it is hoped that the instructor will be able to adopt one or the other. An improvement could also be made on the present mode of supplying one's self with water for washing paint-brushes. Instead of letting each one bring a glass of water up three flights of stairs, a pail of water should be kept in the room. Aside from the inconvenience, it is almost impossible to keep from spilling the water...