Bibulus. The - a - the secretary of state?
Instructor. Why not secretary of home affairs?
OUR night watchman, Mr. Cheney, is to resign at the end of the present month the office he has so long and creditably filled, and the College will employ no nocturnal guardian in future.
Averages for 1872 - 73.
'76 had 176 members. Those who obtained 70 per cent or over in all six studies are 12; in five, 16; in four, 20; in three, 16; in two, 30; in one, 40; and those who did not receive 70 per cent in a single study, 42. The number on the rank-list are, in Greek, 73; in Latin, 32; in German, 89; in Ethics, 99; in Mathematics, 44; and in Chemistry, 43. The average per cent of those on the rank-list, Greek, 78; Latin, 73; German, 81; Ethics, 83; Mathematics, 80; Chemistry, 79.
'75 had 166 members. Those who obtained 70 per cent or over in all eight studies are 15. Those whose names occur only once on the rank-list are 19; twice, 17; three times, 17; four, 12; five, II; six, 16; seven, 13. Not obtaining 70 per cent in any study, 52. The number on the list engaged in each study is, in Greek, 59; Latin, 41; Hebrew, I; German, 46; French, 5; Italian, 8; Rhetoric, 65; Themes, 69; Philosophy, 13; History, 59; Mathematics, 28; Physics, 45; Chemistry, 20; Natural History, 6; Music, 3; and the average per cent attained in each of them respectively is 80, 82, 70, 81, 77, 79, 77, 75, 83, 80, 85, 74, 79, 78, and 91.
'74 had 162 members. 16 failed to attain 70 per cent in a single study of the ten. 14 attained 70 per cent or over in one study, 24 in two, 17 in three, 5 in four, 13 in five, 6 in six, 17 in seven, 20 in eight, 9 in nine, and 16 in ten. Of these latter, 3 obtained 70 per cent or over in eleven studies, and 1 in twelve studies on account of having taken "extras." There are 62 men on the rank-list in Classics, 60 in Modern Languages, 69 in Rhetoric, 83 in Themes, 67 in Forensics, 60 in Philosophy, 75 in Political Economy, 42 in History, 13 in Mathematics, 107 in Physics, 80 in Physics (lectures), 34 in Chemistry, 38 in Natural History, and 3 in Music. The average per cents on the rank-list in the required studies were: Rhetoric, 78; Themes, 79; Forensics, 80; Philosophy, 79; Political Economy, 79; Physics, 83.
THE Harvard Eleven, after many futile efforts to arrange a match, has postponed all contests till spring.