"Elective course" Quotes from Famous Books
... scholarship and health as the young men. A smaller number of women than [Transcriber's Note: missing word "men"? ]have abandoned their course on account of ill health. During the period of my own connection with this institution, many young women pursued there an extended elective course of study, who did not graduate. It was not their plan to do so when they entered the preparatory department. Many graduated from a course quite as extensive, requiring as persistent study, though not in all respects ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Education of American Girls • Anna Callender Brackett |