Word: progressivity
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...this, of course, in sections; but the gain comes from the fact that those who really want the instruction receive it all the year, having more time as the section diminishes in number, while the instructor has fewer hours. Besides, it is an advantage to compare one's progress with that of others...
LAST Saturday, while the Class Races were in progress, some thief or thieves stole money from lockers in the Boat House. We learn that the officers of the Boat Club took every precaution to insure the safety of articles, by ordering the door to be locked and a special officer to be in attendance during the afternoon. But in spite of this, it is none the less aggravating to those who lost money, and since there seems no way by which to prevent sneak-thieves from practising in the Gymnasium and Boat House, we suggest that the wisest course...
...from the impossibility for two men to perform the work which is put upon them. As the writer says, those who do not engage their time very early in the term are even deprived of the benefit of fifteen minutes' instruction a week. Of course no very great progress can be made in such limited time, even with the best master, but we cannot see that the section system would be an improvement, as instruction to a section of six for an hour is the same as reducing the time for each member to ten minutes instead of fifteen...
...communication signed "Graduate," received from you, I beg to state that the Harvard Nine has had no professional coach during the winter, but has been aided by the advice of Mr. Ernst, '76, who has come up from Providence once a week during the winter, to watch our progress, and to give our pitchers the benefit of his experience. It is true that in two instances professionals have played on the Nine. The day before the Worcester game, four men sent word that sickness or family affairs would prevent their playing next day. All that could be done...
...awarded Bowdoin prizes: W. A. Smith, '80, for a dissertation on "The Career of Garibaldi," a prize of $75; A. Jaretzki, '81, for a dissertation on "Greek Learning in Italy in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries," a prize of $75; J. A. Johnson, '81, for a dissertation 'on "The Progress of Knowledge concerning Ancient Egypt in the last Twenty Years," a prize of $50. The award for Classes III. and IV. is not yet made...