Word: standardness
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BIJOU THEATRE. - Collier's Standard Opera Company in "Iolanthe." Performance...
...telling blow has been struck at the freshman course from which it will probably never recover. It is now but a question of time when freshman required work must be a thing of the past. Probably the only thing that prevents the general raising of the standard at once is the fact that there are but few suitable fitting schools as yet in the country. As soon as good schools are more numerous, the course at Harvard will probably be made entirely elective. The only question is whether it will be a three or a four years' course. According...
...ease with which the freshman year can now be anticipated will also do much to encourage men to attempt to take their degrees in three years. In fact, the new regulations amount to raising the standard of admission in individual cases and then granting the degree after three years of elective work. This action is a sure indication of the direction affairs are taking at Harvard in regard to required studies...
...outside reading are seldom realized, and it is only when urged on by some present necessity that we are induced to make the reading a part of our regular work. Many never take any English course in college, and of these there are many who read little or no standard English literature outside their regular work. This gives a reason for the cry often heard against our colleges, that their graduates are not made thoroughly acquainted with their own literature. The prescribed writing of themes and forensics tends to give to all a slight foundation in writing English...
...present year has seen the distinction between graduate and undergraduate courses abolished. Efforts of the corporation to raise the standard of the degree of A. M. are noted. Referring to commencement disturbances, the president says: "The good sense of the great majority of the class just graduated does not prove effectual to control the unthinking turbulence of a small minority, and, since the principal actors are bachelors of arts, the ordinary methods of college discipline as administered by the faculty are inapplicable. Preferring academic methods to any others, the corporation of overseers have agreed that they hold themselves at liberty...