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...taken to correct all errors, and to revise as carefully as possible, the work of the first edition. As the title of the book would suggest, the book aims at giving a brief synopsis of the important events of the world's history up to the present day. The subject matter is arranged in a clear and logical manner; a number of genealogical tables are scattered through the work, greatly adding to its effectiveness, and particular attention has been paid to the principal conditions of the great modern treatise through which the historical formation of the present system of European...
...that rise unbidden to his eyes each time the instructor dares to say his English is faulty. Poor fellow, we sympathize with you. We, too, have had pet themes sat upon, but we didn't have sense enough to make public our feelings on such occasions. Seriously, if the subject was so painful a one, why did the gentleman attempt a theme on it. Could his pent-up grief find no better outlet than in a 250 word theme in an examination book? And he not only writes a theme on the subject, but afterwards, in a fit of petty...
Although the members of the faculty seemed particularly reticent about disclosing anything in connection with their meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the result of the discussion which took place then has leaked out. After a protracted debate on the subject of voluntary prayers, the board decided by their vote to put themselves on record as favorable to the plea made in the recent petition presented by the students. This is another step in the right direction, if the wishes of the majority of students are to be consulted. The overseers and corporation are the persons who have the power...
...next Thesis in Philosophy 4 will be due Thursday, Feb. 26, the subject being Mill's Liberty...
Examinations over, the students very naturally wish to learn their marks as soon as possible, except, perhaps, that small number of them who know that they are below par in a subject and want the marks delayed ad infinitum. In the courses in which there are only a few men, an early return of the blue books with the marks on them, is a matter of no exertion for the instructors. In such courses the longing of the students will be quickly satisfied, no doubt. But in other courses, where the men number hundreds, and one instructor has several such...