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...fair working order in all its departments, had 609 students. During the past year it had but 361, and the Alumni association attributes the decline to the admission of women on the same basis as men. There are gument is that the men will not attend where the system of co-education is in vogue. When men alone were admitted two came where one comes now, while the women do not come in sufficient numbers to make up for this loss, and it looks as if the doors of this institution would again be closed against the fair...
...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 of the men take Political Economy some time during their college course, shows that college students...
Last year the system of having four assistant treasurers from the sophomore class for aid in collecting subscriptions was initiated. It is very desirable to have the same plan pursued hereafter, as it has worked to great advantage. Moreover, it was intended that these four sophomores should be the prominent candidates for the position of treasurer in the coming year, as they would have a certain familiarity with the work. An additional advantage is, that a junior treasurer is much more suited to the work than a senior, as he has more time and need not return from New London...
...said that Princeton trustees are hereafter to be chosen by the alumni. In connection with this rumor the Tiger indignantly exclaims : "When this system is inaugurated, what pledge or security will we have that morning chapel will be left undisturbed? How can we hope to retain the grading system, with all its delightful uncertainties, dazzling possibilities and brilliant successes in analysis and classification? What assurance will we have that our moral character will be trained up in the way it should go under such a loose and irresponsible authority? There is even the possibility that men who are twenty...
Anent the recent announcement that students of Harvard University could now become candidates for honors in Political Science, we wish to call attention to the "Privat-Docent" system that has just been established at that energetic institution, Columbia College: "The 'Privat-Docent' system is one established at the German universities, which enables graduates of these institutions, who may have distinguished themselves in any branch, to deliver lectures in that branch at one of the universities. To this system, it is generally admitted, the preeminent rank of German universities, and the high development of German intellectual life is largely...