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...student is not a good writer of English it is probably because he has not had enough practice. It might be that, even if an intermediary course in composition between English A and English 22 were instituted, all who need it might not enroll, but this is hardly a valid reason for not establishing such a course. There are many who feel that the present facilities are inadequate. The opening of a course in English composition designed primarily to afford an opportunity for men to practice writing under careful supervision, even if they have not been honor men in English...
...courses on time at the beginning of the college year. This ruling was occasioned by the failure through pure carelessness of some 40 men to do this last September. It does not, however, apply to men who hand in their lists late because of sickness or some other valid excuse...
...what these signature cards are, or where they can be obtained nothing is said. Graduates and undergraduates alike are left in the dark-some think the applications are themselves the signature cards, while others remember signature cards filed last year and wonder whether these are still valid. The lack of sufficient explanation about the signature cards has led to a good deal of confusion...
...well as captains and managers, all have reasons for not ranking as high as men who have confined themselves to study. It is argued that the former group would be placed before the public in a false light; that certain low grades, for which there would be perfectly valid excuses, could not be explained to the many friends who would see the marks. These statements are all perfectly true. There would undoubtedly be at first a great deal of unjust criticism on the part of outsiders who knew nothing of existing circumstances. But, on the other hand, there is strong...
Even the strongest advocates of the ubiquitous thesis admit that it is not an unmixed blessing. Among the many objections that are from time to time raised against it, the most valid is that the present undergraduate thesis is often merely hackwork. Such a condition is made possible by the nature of the subjects ordinarily assigned, namely those that have already been more or less fully treated in reference works. If the average undergraduate had the time and the inclination to undertake his thesis in the manner which he theoretically adopts, it would doubtless be a positive advantage...