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...anyone who has ever had an examination in U. E. R. on a hot June day, it will be an unnecessary statement for us to make when we say that an examination held in that room is rather a test of physical endurance than of knowledge. But there seems to be such ignorance among those who have charge of our examinations in regard to the ventilation of this room that year by year examinations are held in it in spite of the great heat and the bad air which are its chief characteristics. We wish to publicly call attention...
...fellowships are to be persons carrying on their studies in Cambridge in the departments of philology, philosophy, history, political science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, natural history or music; but it is not necessary for an applicant to have received an academic degree or to be a candidate for one, the test of qualification being special fitness and proper training, however acquired, for the advanced work undertaken. Evidence of personal capacity and suitable preparation the applicant is required to present with his application, and for this purpose diplomas, certificates from individuals competent to judge, and work previously done...
...every matter of passing interest, that all our time would not suffice for any considerable part of it; to this evanescent reading we are tempted, and many of us are accustomed, to devote all those spare hours which might be devoted to those productions which have stood the test of years and proved their excellence. Third, fifty years ago almost every one was accustomed to devote a part of each day to the Bible, so that most people knew by heart a considerable portion of it. The general effect of this is very apparent, and can be very clearly seen...
...There was no undue haste, as had been the case in previous races. The six men were as though molded into one, operating like the works of a well-regulated clock, in perfect unison and harmony. The result was a conservation of force, previously unknown in a boat. The test was a fair one in every respect. With a crew physically inferior to that of the preceding year, we easily defeated ten crews equal to those that rowed the year before...
...friends of the college have suggested other conditions, but the faculty have thought it inexpedient to entertain them. Every effort which a class could possibly make to secure changes or concessions in the original terms has been made, but without effect. Other institutions have loyally supported Hamilton in this test case of college government, and the students have finally come to the conclusion that the only course open to them is to make a frank and unconditional surrender...