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...directions are given as before with the exception that no students is allowed to take less than the equivalent of three half-courses, except by special permission of the dean, during either half-year. Taken as a whole, the electives, offering the broadest opportunities for diligent research in the various courses of study, are the most liberal offered by any college in the country, and reflect great credit upon the university...
...position of director. In a few years it is hoped that a competent instructor may be obtained who will occupy the position permanently. The report, however, points out that this temporary arrangement has been an excellent one for the first few years of the school. "That the presence in various colleges of professors who shall have been resident a year at Athens under favorable circumstances, in practical direction of the school, will do much to increase the interest in the school, must be beyond dispute...
...Hemenway gymnasium. It is from these, with sundry additions, that the following list has been compiled. As the number of events and names under each is large, it has been found best to divide them and print part at a time. Below are the records in the various races...
...which several boats may enter, is within two minutes walk of the school buildings. Every pleasant afternoon in spring the crews may be seen rowing on the river, as also a host of clumsy inexperienced oarsmen, paddling about for mere pleasure. First and most important of all the various crews is the Eton crew itself, which presents a splendid appearance. Eton has a thousand students, and, as we might expect, the picked eight from so large a school is a strong crew. Each building or dormitory has a crew, and there occurs every year a race between these representative crews...
...suggested by the Advocate descriptive pamphlest of the various courses should be the rule and not the exception with the different departments of our university. The advantage of one of these descriptive pamphlets is too obvious to be dwelt upon. So small a space is given to each department in the elective pamphlet that a mere mention of the courses and an exceedingly brief summary of their intended work is all the information that can be gathered. In the descriptive pamphlets, however, all the necessary information can be stated clearly and concisely; the students are not obliged to make...