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...Beacon, however, is not critical enough in its selections. The College Argus contains but little, and that is of interest only to its college. The Niagara Index is wretchedly printed and made up, and is hard reading. The Round Table complains of college indifference. This was a standard subject for Harvard papers about three years ago, but we suppose the evil has just reached Wisconsin. Hor&ae Scholastic&ae is the most pretentious of the papers from the preparatory schools, and has the most literary merit. The Exonian and Phillipian are well printed, and are good representatives of their respective...
...issued shortly by Messrs. Macmillan & Co., says: "The same author's Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb has already made a name for itself in this country; but his Grammar is as yet unknown here. Such a work from a scholar of recognized eminence on the subject will, no doubt, attract attention...
...Freshman Mathematics signed J. C., 81, whose mathematical attainments are superior, I hope, to his logical. There may be a disparity in the tact of impartation between the tutors alluded to, but that does not warrant the statements or conclusions of J. C., '81. If a student understands a subject himself, there is no danger of appearing ridiculous at the blackboard. It is true that comparatively few students take mathematics after the Freshman year. The cause, as it seems to me, is this: students come to college with a worse fit in mathematics, as a general thing, than any other...
Some curious things may be learned by any one who will take the trouble to think a little about slang like this, - slang of the better kind, not that of the streets, - and it is a pity that some student of philology has not taken up the subject of slangology with care. I think he would be well rewarded...
...annual report for 1878-79, President Eliot reviews the new statute concerning degrees and the changes in the requisitions for admission. He then speaks of the advantages of the new plan of grouping electives, which gives room for large extension of instruction. In connection with this subject he says...