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...rusty in the old, and ignorant of the new rules. But the men chosen would be those who take an interest in such matters, and who would make it their business to keep posted. The changes in rules from year to year, are not so numerous but that a recent graduate could readily pick them...
Tutors get very good pay. The average amount, I believe, is about a dollar and a half per hour. Some, however, tutor for only a dollar, or a dollar and a quarter. One of the recent notices set the price at forty-five cents, which is getting it down pretty low. Then there have been those who have received two, three, and even four or five, dollars an hour, which is pretty good pay. But to command such prices, we may be sure that the tutors have established reputations for getting their men through. The five dollar tutor must have...
Hamilton, '87, won the first of the prizes offered, under the name of the Old South prizes, for the best essays by recent graduates of the Boston High Schools. The subject of Mr. Hamilton's essay was "Why did the Pilgrim Fathers come to New England...
...meeting of the board of overseers yesterday, the recent vote of the board, recommending that the quin quennial catalogue be printed in English was re-considered and a motion to have it printed in English was lost by a vote of nine to seven...
...writer in a recent number of Education has an interesting article upon the benefits which might be got from the study of Modern Languages, if it were only properly pursued at our schools and colleges. Just at present it is the fashion among educational people to set a low value on this kind of study. Facility in speaking two or more languages is admitted to be a desirable attainment, because of the practical uses to which the accomplishment may be put. It is recognized, too, that the study of Modern Languages is the only means of getting at the treasures...