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...thought of Spring," by the same writer, are good, but they have not the strong originality that marks the other contribution. Under the head of correspondence is published a manly letter from the pen of "Tenebo." The writer believes that something more than success in athletics should be the test of popularity among students. We have no doubt that the sentiments. expressed in the letter will have the sympathy of a large number of men at Harvard...
...examination before the Boston Society of Architects. The fund is to be used in foreign travel and study. The examination are conducted under the direction of the Boston Society of Architects, and are held at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The examination in April 5th is a preliminary test. A problem in design will be given to those trying the examination, and they will be required do draw a sketch for it. The authors of whichever of these sketches that receive prizes will be allowed to compete for the Scholarship. They will be examined on the following subjects: History...
...correctness. Weekly declamation were held on Fridays during the college year, in the College Hall, also disputations at which either the president or one of the fellows presided. These declamations and disputations were held once a month "in the presence of the magistrates, ministers and other scholars," to test the progress of the students in "learning and godliness." For three weeks in June each year all students of two or more years' standing were required to attend in the "Hall," from nine to eleven and from one to three on Mondays and Tuesdays for their annual examinations. Visitors might...
...many, in fact in most, of the courses in the college curriculum it is practically impossible to make a one-hour paper that will be a test of a man's work or will enable him to do himself justice. The same thing is true of a three-hour paper, but obviously in a much less degree. For although in the latter case much more ground must be covered, the papers can be made so as to involve the tendencies of principles and facts discussed in the half year's work. Furthermore, the brief time in which a man surveys...
...private schools, for in order that candidates may be successfully prepared the principals of the schools are compelled to employ capable teachers, and thus the examinations benefit not only the candidates themselves, but also all the pupils attending the schools in which the candidates are prepared. They test the character of the school, and are a guarantee to the public of the quality of the instruction which the school provides...