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Seen now, now lost to sight...
...pitiful sight he was given...
WERE it commonly known that sitting on college fences is what is technically called a "Yale trick," there is no doubt the recently developed fence-roosting mania would cease to find favor in the sight of all respectable undergraduates...
...AEschylus's Agamemnon. 2. Demosthenes and AEschines de Corona. 3. Greek Composition. In Latin, 1. Cicero de Officiis. 2. Lucretius de Rerum Natura, Book VI. 3. Tacitus's Germania, for which Halm's text will be used. They will also be examined in reading and translating Latin at sight. In Mental Science, I. Herbert Spencer's First Principles. 2. Herbert Spencer's First Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1. In Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytics, Differential and Integral Calculus...
...superiority of the honor examinations is easily seen. Aiming at a thorough knowledge of the whole subject, their extent renders useless any special preparation previous to examination. In the Classics, the main tests are reading at sight and composition. In Philosophy, the requirements are about five times as great as those of the I. C. L. In Mathematics, work equivalent to the Association's requirements is demanded for passing the examination for Second Year honors. Until, then, a diploma from the Association shall mean more than one from Harvard, we must be excused for continuing our bigoted and conservative course...