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...useless habit of making frequent changes in the textbooks, which is characteristic of some of the instructors, has been noticed by us before. Instructors should recollect the large expenses attending the term of study at Harvard, and should aim to reduce rather than add to these expenses. It seems strange that an instructor should not be able to tell whether or not the "print is too fine" or "the German too simple" for the men in his course before selecting the book. To be compelled to buy a book, merely to throw it aside in a week or more...
...their instructors have become much more pleasant than they were under the old regime, when the undergraduates had a feeling that their instructors were trying to force them to "make bricks without straw," by giving examinations apparently destined to find out what they did not know about a course, rather than to furnish an opportunity of showing how much they did know of the subject. Recently a fresh instance of thoughtfulness on the part of an instructor for the convenience of the men studying with him has been shown by the instructor in Greek 1, who has had printed...
...making this provision for the convenience of his section is highly appreciated, and the plan seems such a peculiarly happy one that we are led to ask why it cannot be adopted in other courses. Most instructors at the beginning of the year make a general, and sometimes rather vague announcement of the methods they intend to pursue in conducting their courses, but the men soon forget what has been told them, and there is always a feeling of uncertainty about what is going to take place in one's course, which, to say the least, is annoying...
...course does not undertake to describe completely the entire course of the campaigns of the Civil War in their endless detail. An attempt will rather be made to give a vivid impression of the war by describing graphically the more important battles, thus illustrating the more significant phases of the war and bringing out the bearing upon the general result of the particular events described. The lectures are to be illustrated by large special maps. Nearly all the lectures have been prepared with special reference to this course. Some difficulty has been experienced in filling out the list, as military...
...about the race not being rowed unless Yale agrees to adopt the inter-collegiate rules is simply an attempt to bulldoze our college. It will not succeed, though the crew will make what concessions they can without injuring their prospects of winning. The race will be given up altogether rather than submit to outside dictation. It is very improbable that any obstacle will arise sufficient to prevent the race being rowed, especially as both crews are anxious to row. [Herald...