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In the upper classes the subjects do not permit cramming of the same kind as that practiced with the classics. Hundreds of pages of history, philosophy, and physics must be read, and the men usually work alone, or at most in pairs. It is believed by some that it is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cramming and Cribbing at Yale. | 6/4/1885 | See Source »

My plan is briefly as follows: 1, I would begin as early as possible to overcome the mechanical difficulties of writing, and would use all practicable means and all possible opportunities to do so; 2, I would not frighten a boy with "compositions," so-called, till he could form his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How English is Taught. | 6/3/1885 | See Source »

It is very gratifying to note the large number of appointments that are being made by the different instructors, for consultation in their courses; and it is to be hoped that every student who has any doubts as to what courses or departments he would best choose, will avail himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/3/1885 | See Source »

The following is received in a letter from a graduate of '87, who is at present editor of a prominent daily newspaper in the West. "I notice by the New York Post that the faculty have not put down in the new scheme of electives any course in journalism, short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/30/1885 | See Source »

III. To give the alumni something to say about the way the college shall be carried on. The overseers are their only representatives, and at present the overseers have only power to talk."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/30/1885 | See Source »