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...decreasing at Harvard, so that it is not uncommon to find men who scarcely know all their classmates by sight, - a natural consequence of the size of the classes and the lack of any interest in which a whole class is united. At the same time the elective system throws men of different classes together, and tends to make us more a University, where the only distinctions made by the government are in the degree of knowledge obtained, and where Freshmen and Seniors may meet on common ground in the recitation-room. It seems, therefore, a favorable time...
...more profit as regards marks, and with more safety as regards health, than is possible now. Men will read over the work of the year just before examination, in spite of whatever may be said or done, and they will be forced to "cram" as long as the present system of work is maintained, or, in other words, as long as three weeks of examination cover the work of eight months. During this week, before his examinations began, the man who had worked during the year could do wonders, - working without interruption and completely master of his time; while...
...twenty-three elective courses against the seventeen of this year. An entirely new course is given on the "Greek and Latin Languages, Literature, Constitutional History, and Antiquities," and another on "Greek and Latin Comparative Philology," both of which promise to be very attractive. A new feature of the elective system is introduced in announcing several two-hour electives, with examinations to count as one-hour electives only. This supplies a want long felt. Many Seniors have wished to take one two-hour elective, but the paucity of good single-hour electives until now has forced them to put up with...
...ninety-five electives are offered in eleven different departments, and it is clear that the elective system is an assured success, and that a right selection of electives can make an undergraduate what Harvard undertakes to make...
...Collegian comes from Cornell, - not Cornell, Ithaca, but Cornell College, Iowa, - and it is one of the most remarkable of all the remarkable Western papers that reach us. In the exchange column we find that a strange system of orthography is in vogue in Iowa. The Collegian says: "We prise none of our Exchanges more than The Tripod...