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...allow the instructors to get out the averages in four weeks, we feel that some instructors do not fully appreciate the injustice that is often done the student in not letting him know his average as soon as possible. Regarding the marking system as an evil some may think that the less the attention paid to it the better; but if, as is the case, marks are the only means by which we can judge of the estimate an instructor makes of our work, it is but justice to give us this estimate as early as possible...
...correspondent in another column, signing himself " '86," brings up again the question of training for the crews. Much has of late been said upon this subject, so that any further discussion may possibly seem unnecessary. Still we think that the matter is one of vital importance to our rowing interests, and should be very carefully considered...
...Crimson complains that the athletic meetings are rendered uninteresting and "boresome" by the candidates for the general excellence prize doing the same feats over and over again. This the Crimson hardly thinks a necessary evil, "but if it is," the editorial concludes, "then by all means let us do away with that prize." We do not deny that the events of the meetings are often rendered uninteresting by the repetition of feats, but this objection applies not only to the candidates for general excellence, but to all who are contesting for the prize in almost any event. We must, therefore...
...above that all of your readers who chance to run through this article may, as they follow the description of Paris university life, imagine themselves for the time being over here taking a cursory retrospective view of their respective lives at Harvard. They will soon, I think, begin to notice how rich and full of warmth is the coloring of Harvard life as they picture it to themselves...
...river opened, and there would be no difficulty in keeping up the interest for so short a time. After the crew is once on the river there would be no danger of their losing interest. We do not under-estimate the worth of the crew, but on the contrary think their prospects excellent. Yet to one who has watched the progress of the present freshman crew, it seems that future freshman crews would do well not to begin training until Christmas...