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...broadness and thoroughness of instruction which few institutions of learning now enjoy. In Chemistry and Natural Science, the courses of instruction and the general methods pursued are unexceptional, and the department in Physics is also strong. But in Physics, one or two improvements can be made which would, we think, meet the wants of many scientific students in a more satisfactory way. We discover, in looking over the college curriculum, that the provision for the study of electricity and magnetism is in some respects inadequate. We refer particularly to the absence of an elementary laboratory course in these subjects...
While the other Yale papers have seemed to urge the lacrosse players at Yale to join the league, the Courant, being of the opinion that such a plan is inexpedient, seems to think that Yale had better drop out of the league altogether. The Courant says: "If the men who play lacrosse would like to re-enter the inter-collegiate contests of skill, they certainly should be encouraged, but why once in they dropped out has never been satisfactorily explained. As soon as '87 leaves college the lacrosse players also leave, for most of these are from that class. Suppose...
...Lane, '88, F. D. Leffingwell, '87, and L. W. Bond, S. S. S., '86, think they have sufficient wind to run a mile. Honors are about easy between them, though Lane is said to have bested...
...think every well wisher of the Association will agree with me that some change ought to be made by which men who reach the Hall at nine o'clock can get away before ten. And further, that a failure to compass such a change, will indicate either gross mismanagement, or gross negligence on the part of the officers of the Association...
...bunk and a lay out. Evidences of domestic life are about the place - pots, kettles and dishes taking up about as much room as the press. If an editor finds that journalism does not pay he gets a job at washing dishes or chopping wood, and he does not think he has descended far, either." - Literary World...