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...elective studies I stand midway between the two extremes as represented by Dr. McCosh and President Eliot. I cannot indorse the elective system as President Eliot expounds and defends it, for his position seems to me open to many of the objections which Dr. McCosh urged at the recent meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club. For instance, it is true that under a system of complete election, a student may get a degree for the study of music, the French drama similar dilettante branches, although it is, perhaps, true that a student who pursues this course would get about...
...radical position assumed by Harvard in regard to foot-ball and other branches of college athletics is in contrast to the temperate attitude toward them maintained by Princeton. Two important actions have recently been taken here, one by the faculty, the other by the students, which show the prevailing tendency. In a recent mass-meeting the students appointed a Graduate Committee for foot-ball, base-ball, lacrosse, track athletics, and tennis. The gentlemen who constitute it are Messrs. C. C. Cuyler and David Paton, of New York, and Mr. Alexander Van Reusselaer, of Philadelphia. In a second mass-meeting...
...recent lecture of the Phi Beta Kappa course at Yale, by Professor Tarbell, was on "The Government of Yale College." The nature and functions of those mysterious bodies known as the "Faculty," the "Corporation," and the "Trustees," was disclosed to the wondering audience of students...
...half in history, three and three halves in mathematics, and eight in science; and no freshman is allowed to take more than two courses in one department. In this connection the subject of required themes and forensics is touched upon, and reasons are given for the recent change in the system. It is also stated that the ultimate object of the faculty is to restrict the required theme writing to the sophomore year. From this point on, 20 pages are devoted to a sketch of the changes which have taken place in the college curriculum since 1823. From this...
...reported that the Overseers are making a series of visits to Appleton Chapel during morning prayers. What their purpose is, we do not know, except that it has some connection with the recent prayer petition. Perhaps they are criticising the service, with a view to making it more palatable to the non-conformists,-if the petitioners may be called so; or, perhaps they are taking evidence from the faces of the congregation as to whether there is much good derived from compulsory chapel-going. We sincerely hope the former contingency is not the actual case. Improvements in the service...