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With every enlargement of the various departments of instruction announced in the elective pamphlet, the maze through which the man of "no particular bent of soul" must wander becomes denser and more labyrinthine. But this is one of the disadvantages that attends every growth of what modern sociologists term "the diversification of function." The choice which the individual must make be comes modified and motivated by the introduction of new fields that are opened to him. A recognition of this fact is forced on every man as he sits down to make out his electives for the ensuing year. Moreover...
...well as the interest, of every one who has not yet taken the trouble to make out a list of his courses, to do so at once, as it will be very difficult to take notice of those courses which are handed in after tomorrow. Pamphlets relating to the various courses may also be had at the office. The freshmen should take especial pains to select their courses, for the inconvenience which is brought upon the instructors by thoughtlessness, is no little matter...
...this country in August, is attracting attention in American college boating circles, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. Early in the spring it was proposed to send over an eight from Cambridge to row Harvard, but this project has fallen through. Cambridge willingly allows any one of the various colleges of which she is composed to compete with other colleges, but Is reluctant in giving her 'varsity crew the same opportunity. It has been suggested that this is the reason why the proposed Cambridge-Harvard race was not arranged...
...officers on the floor of Congress are well recognized and stated. The limitations upon the power of courts, in judging of the constitutionality of legislation, are more keenly discerned by Von Hoist than they are by some of our own writers. The fulness of the statistics in regard to various important topics is very satisfactory. We have observed but few errors; the author is not accurate in some of his statements about the legal-tender cases in the somewhat ill-judged note on p. 62, and it is a very misleading statement on p. 231 that 'Unquestionably Congress...
Several alumni of various colleges are thinking of offering a cup to be competed for by crews of recognized colleges of any nation. - Yale News...