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...kept in a book given to each student for this purpose, in which he enters the subjects of the lectures and to which the lecturer signs his name at the beginning and close of each semester by way of attestation. In this the extreme freedom of the system is seem, for many a student only attends a course twice, viz., when the book is signed. That is the student's affair and he must take the risk on the day of examination. But the hardest work of the student is not in the lecture room proper, though he may hear...
Princeton College appears to be in a tumult. The students have held a mass meeting, have addressed the trustees and have put forth a circular letter. Unfortunately for them their troubles do not seem to be confined to the athletic resolves. Widespread espionage, exercised throughout the college and town, and an arduous system of examinations, recently introduced, figure quite as prominently as athletics. However much we felt oppressed by the premature and hasty interference of the faculty in athletics, we have never been, and do not expect to be, harassed by any prying inquiries into our private affairs by that...
...catalogue, assigning as a reason that they are liable to dismissal at any time. The second they would amend so that professional instructors may be appointed subject to the approval of the Director of Physical Education, or of a committee having such matters in charge. Moreover, they seem to be heartily in favor of professional trainers subject to proper supervision. They...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON, -Dear Sirs: -The writer has been much interested in the late discussion of regulations for athletics. In giving close attention to the principles which have governed the actions of the faculty, both during the discussions of last year and during the present controversy, it has seemed to me that the question of competition in athletics has had considerable underlying influence in the formation of regulations. This is one of the points upon which the faculty and the undergraduates seem to differ. It is perhaps desirable, as the faculty appear to wish, to lessen the element of competition...
...anonymous attacks on members, now given rise to false reports of duels by the brutal use of woman's names. [Cheers.] But then we are young, and perhaps before we reach the stage when such things are possible with us they may not be so popular as they seem...