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...Snow, instructor of History 12, has prepared an outline text-book for the members of the course. It is to be issued in two parts, the first one of which will appear next week. Besides the subject matter proper, the first part will contain a map, and numerous valuable appendices. The price of the first part will be $1.75 and of the second 75 cents...
...popularity of the study of economic subjects is again shown by the large sections enrolled in Political Economy I. It is a very favorable sign of the times that this course, although one of the acknowledged "hard" courses, should always be elected by such a large number of students. It is another answer to one of the strongest objections urged by the opponents of the elective system, who contend that when a student is allowed his choice of studies the tendency will be towards electing those subjects that are less difficult. But the fact that in every class a majority...
...object is to provide opportunities for those who wish to make a specialty of economics. It is a society of students under the direction of a professor. It meets for two or three hours, regularly, once a week, sometimes oftener. The exercises consist of essays by the students on subjects suggested by the director, followed by discussion and criticism of them. At the beginning of the term the professor prepares a list of subjects, theoretical, practical and historical, from which each of the members of the Seminar chooses two or more which he agrees to present during the term...
...That is the way the whole college seems to feel. Yale has labored throughout the year under the disadvantage of having no regular coach. One of the members of the junior class has followed the crew in the steam launch and has told them all he knew on the subject of form, time and style. Collins, captain of last year's crew, arrived at New Haven this week from Europe, and is at present giving the crew some valuable aid in the coaching line. The old coach, Wood, has been unable to give his attention to the boating interests this...
...reason to believe that it does, they will not be very far behind Harvard at the finish. Among the members of the crew there is considerable confidence, more so in fact than is either necessary or good for them. The college at large is very non-committal on the subject, and no one seems to have such a decided opinion one way or the other as to lead him to wager much money. There has been no perceptible tendency on the part of the college faculty to spend sleepless nights in concocting schemes to make life happy to the members...