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...forgotten. The examinations in a one-hour course are generally quite as severe and exhaustive as those in one which has more frequent recitations, while those who take these courses have the number of their examinations greatly increased and their time for study correspondingly lessened. In fact, we may sum up the objections to one-hour courses in a figure familiar to all who have taken Freshman Physics, and say that the friction is far too great in proportion to the work accomplished...
...PIECE of property on Summer Street, Boston, assessed at $339,000, and considered by the real-estate brokers to be worth not more than $400,000, was recently purchased by President Eliot for the sum of $475.000. And yet the College is in "pressing need" of more money...
Quid loquor, out ubi sum? quae mentem insania mutat...
...year can be wasted in the case of these men alone, when there are scores of efficient persons who would gladly take the place for an income of $800 at most. We hope that due attention may be paid to these facts; for here not only a large sum can annually be saved to the College, but also an essential improvement in the management of these matters can be instituted...
...overworked in taking care of students' rooms, and that they must have some relaxation to bring back their health, shattered by almost constant application of the broom and duster. There is another reason, too, which prompts, them to give a ball. The janitors are yearly paid a large sum by the College, and they think it their duty to spend a certain part of this for the entertainment of the Faculty, which has been so generous in the giving of large salaries. The crest of this new society is the picture of a goody with broom and duster...