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...Correspondence," just complaint is once more made about the marks in English. It seems very hard that something cannot be done to insure fairer marking. The instructor seems deaf to all remonstrance, and after each examination warnings are so numerous that to receive one is the rule rather than the exception. It certainly seems a great pity that men should be afraid to take the English and German courses because of the apparent certainty of a condition, or, at best, of a very low mark. Where the system of taking off so much for each mistake is followed...
...monument on the Common. "Heavens," thought I, "he has heard of the Harvard Rifle corps, and has come to join it." I was about to tell him that he had mistaken the time, when he silently beckoned me to follow him, and stalked away with a gait that was rather unsteady, because he had stood so long in one position. He led me to the seats on Holmes Field; and there sat a fat old gentleman, whom with fresh surprise I recognized to be the College Bell...
...consequence, as the Association is out of debt and very rich. If this move falls through, either owing to the inertness of the H. A. A. or the unwillingness of the fellows to train, then athletics are indeed in a desperate way, and had better be dropped altogether rather than straggle on as they do. Let us then, for our own sake, either make a vigorous effort to rouse ourselves, and encourage true manly sports, or let us give up entirely, and retire to our cigarettes, lawn-tennis, and our pitiful indifference to every earthly thing but our own personal...
...long as he is required, in order to test the faithful performance of duty, to submit to examinations, upon the result of which college rank is made to depend, such examinations should be fair and impartial, and they should be based upon sound, well-regulated general principles, rather than the arbitrary and fanciful theories of each individual instructor...
...hoped that the action of the Henley Stewards with reference to American entries in England will have no serious effect upon the Watkins Glen Regatta. The difficulty all arises from the definition, or rather want of definition, of the word "Amateur." None of the authorities agree in the matter, and it would seem advisable to arrive at some distinct international understanding on the point. Bell's Life says that some clubs include artisans and mechanics in their definition, while others do not, and therefore every one must decide for himself. The real trouble is, not in the definition...