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...sinner above other public schools; but instead of taking the load with its large endowments and prestige, naturally enough it has followed in the wake of Rugby, and other foundations, and in the matter of Latin verse, which we may take as the touch-stone of a reforming, or a non-reforming school, has shown itself the most conservative of them all. The first step to any real reform of studies is the abolition of verse-making, except as an extra in the higher forms. Greek, too, as a compulsory subject is doomed, and all the head masters in England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Compulsory Classics in England. | 3/12/1885 | See Source »

...change in the course of study only gradually gained recognition and adoption. Professor Ticknor labored long in advancing the system, and Professor Longfellow, holding to his methods, aided the reform as it gradually gained ground. From 1825 to 1839 the system was unceasingly agitated. In 1839 the required classical work was restricted to the freshman class. This was a great advance, and from this time on the system grew more rapidly into favor. In 1841 it was officially announced that the new system of election had greatly improved the scholarship of the students, and additional privileges were allowed. President Sparks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/10/1885 | See Source »

There is great satisfaction about the promptness of the Corporative in getting not only foreign books, but particularly books that are published on this side. This is the third complaint made since reform was promised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/10/1885 | See Source »

...many persons who have heretofore supported them and believed that while they did some harm, they did more good. In particular, the game of foot-ball was played in such a brutal and dishonorable way that the faculty, after waiting two seasons to see if the players could not reform the game themselves, have been obliged to prohibit inter-collegiate foot-ball altogether. It is very improbable that a game which involves violent personal collision between opposing players can ever be made a good inter-collegiate game. None of the popular games or contests which have proved long-lived...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The President's Report. | 3/7/1885 | See Source »

...student can ever derive any benefit from his power to read Latin and Greek, he ought to be able to derive that benefit from the classical readings which have hitherto given so great pleasure to us all. There is always danger that in the hurry and distraction of reforming a great system, the minor parts of the system under reform will become useless through neglect. We cannot allow the present notable absence of classical literature in the evening readings to pass without remark. We can comment upon this side of the classical question which has nothing to do with requirements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/3/1885 | See Source »

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