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...conference committee has taken the right stand. A special committee is corresponding with twenty four colleges on methods of examining and marking. Let us hope that their work will result at least in an agitation that will call general attention to reform...
...striking feature in the statistics of the forthcoming catalogue is, however, worthy of more than passing notice. We refer to the marked increase in the number of special students now enrolled. Under the old order of things this increase might have occasioned the remark that the number of drones in the Harvard hive has been greatly augmented, for it cannot be denied that there was once a time in the history of the college when the appellation of "special" marked a student as one who was either too indolent or too dull to successfully complete the regular curriculum. Under...
...number of special students just posted shows the enormous gain of 39 over last year, making 109 in this department. The whole number of academic students this year is 1065, a loss of three from last year...
...questions of parliamentary usage? The necessity and desirability of something that will stimulate individual investigation on all such matters, cannot fail to be recognized by every thinking student. The most extended college curriculum can furnish but a small proportion of the knowledge necessary for a liberal education, and unless special efforts are made, by the students themselves, to supplement their regular studies, many will find that a diploma may be, in many respects, simply an empty honor...
...influence of the native population upon the development of the natural character was the special topic. After touching upon the characteristics of the mixed population that settled California, the lecturer proceeded to give an account of the first forcible measures by which our government gained a foothold in the state. It is thought that Captain Fremont received secret instructions from Washington to incite the American settlers against the Mexicans. As a result of these underhanded negotiations there was an uprising of the settlers which became known as the Bean Flag affair. The leaders in the movement were Dr. Semple...