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...while we are on the subject of examinations, we may as well make a suggestion, which, if carried out, will, we believe, be of advantage to all concerned. We refer to the custom of keeping copies of past examination papers in the library for reference, a custom that of late has been greatly neglected. We have no need to expatiate on the value of these papers to men preparing for examinations. We will only say that we think that the members of the faculty, or those who have had the matter in charge, by taking more care in future...
...another column a correspondent very justly calls attention to the study of English Literature here. We had, in fact, meant to take up this very subject as a continuation of our previous discussion on the department of English composition. Accordingly, we are glad to find that the topic is one of somewhat more than passing interest to the college at large...
...must pass three examinations by the university examiners, before obtaining the ordinary B. A. degree; and the first of these viz. "Responsions" has to be passed within the first two terms of residence, and is practically an entrance examination of a very respectable character, to which all students are subject...
...embraced all courses given at Yale and other prominent colleges, but such is not the case. While the student of political science at Harvard may have a larger number of courses in History and Political Economy from which he can make his selection, there is one branch of the subject which is ignored here, but which at Yale, at Columbia, at University of Pennsylvania, and at University of Michigan receives considerable attention. This subject is termed, "Municipal Law" at Yale, and "Mercantile Law" at University of Pennsylvania...
...administration of trusts and is supplemented by an exposition of the leading principles of the Common Law. The text book is Parson's Laws of Business. Both Columbia and University of Michigan give similar courses. Why the faculty here have not introduced an elective to cover this subject pursued in other colleges, when the beast of Harvard has been always to take the lead in political science, as a matter of deep concern. Of the advantages of such a course in in the Common Law, it is unnecessary to speak. The CRIMSON editorially, and through communications this year as well...