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Dean LeB. R. Briggs '75, expressed a favorable opinion on probation, saying that "it is a good thing, because the period preceding the November hour examinations is a short one for so important a decision."
The scholastic results attained at Harvard by graduates of private boarding schools have for the last few years been most unsatisfactory. This fact will certainly be endorsed by the College authorities, by the graduates of the schools now at College, and by the headmasters of these schools. In fact, one...
If it is considered impossible to take such a progressive step at present, at least the University authorities ought to be willing to put Princeton men on an equal footing with Yale and Harvard undergraduates. At these institutions, probation is inflicted on a man with the understanding that if by...
If probation is intended as punishment, pure and simple, then let us admit that Princeton has not progressed beyond the high school stage and that its authorities still feel required to deal with the undergraduates as one disciplines a recalcitrant school boy. If probation is intended as a warning, as...
The abolition of probation is certain to come as Princeton becomes more of a University and less of a school. But until that time some step must be taken to remove this ridiculous handicap which we have imposed on Princeton men and Princeton activities. The Daily Princetonian.