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...wish to call attention to the amount of work in Freshman Mathematics, which seems to be steadily increasing from year to year. The final examinations in Solid Geometry are now held at Christmas, instead of in February, as they were formerly, and three weeks are thus gained in which to proceed farther into Analytical Geometry. From the fact that more Freshmen are conditioned in Mathematics than in any other study, we infer that Mathematics are made disproportionately difficult. Indeed, it is questionable whether Analytics, for instance, will ever be of practical use to nine men out of every...
FRESHMAN EXAMINATIONS. - Dec. 11, Greek; Dec. 13, Latin; Dec. 16, German, French; Dec. 18, Solid Geometry; Dec. 20, Latin Lectures, Greek Lectures...
...eleven branches to be taught in the Woman's College is as follows:- in Greek, 4; in Latin, 7; in English, 4; in German, 4; in French, 4; in Italian, and Spanish, 0; in Philosophy, 1; in Political Economy, 2; in History, 2; in Music, 1; in Mathematics (Solid Geometry and Plane Trigonometry), 1; (Analytic Geometry), 4; (in Differential Calculus...
...present offers for our delectation, be oblivious of preparations for the unknown and boundless future. The rise of Sever, the coming of celestial John, the prospective conversion of our late rendezvous into ablutionary liquid, the completion of this grand palaestra, - all these events remind us that this too, too solid flesh* must die, decay, and pass into nothingness...
...Solid Geometry...