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If the dreary compositions written by the great majority of candidates for admission to college were correct in spelling, intelligent in punctuation, and unexceptionable in grammar, there would be some compensation; but this is so far from being the case that the instructors of English in American colleges have to...
"As regards the result of such teaching of English as is given in some of our best schools and academies, I may be pardoned for referring to my own observation. Since 1873, when Harvard college for the first time held an examination in English, I have read from 4000 to...
The following are the Chapters in Professor Laughlin's book on "The Study of Political Economy," shortly to be issued by D. Appleton and Co. I. Our Civil War, the Cause of a new Interest in Economics. II. The Character of Political Economy as a Study. III. The Disciplinary Power...
The influence of the system exerts on the prescribed studies has been very marked. Owing to the small number of prescribed studies, the work in them has been done this year with unusual animation. In the German and English department especially, '88 has distinguished herself far more than any other...
The annual prize speaking for the Boylston prizes is one of the most interesting public exercises during the academic year. This year the speaking promises to be of the highest order of merit. Although some of the Boston papers last year criticised quite severely the "lifeless action and more lifeless...