Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...After the Play," by A. Z. Reed, is well done. One wishes to see it acted. F. Curtis contributes a critical essay on "The Supernaturalism of Scott and Colleridge." The comparison is interesting although rather harsh upon Scott...
International questions should progress by evolution, as should our interior affairs. Our colleges must educate more and more men who shall deal with political questions. Our citizens have no adequate idea of the doings of our legislatures. Newspaper reports are poor. A comparison of any report with the Congressional Record will prove the truth of this statement...
...totals vary so largely, the only thing here to be noted is that European languages bulk largest at Harvard, classics at Yale, and natural sciences at Cornell. The following table gives the best basis for comparison...
...comparison of the plan of regulating absences from lectures, or "cuts," followed at Harvard, with the plans in force at other colleges is a source of much satisfaction to Harvard students. At some colleges no absences are allowed without excuse. At others a small fixed number of "cuts" is allowed which no student can exceed except for severe sickness. Other institutions have still different plans. At Yale, for instance, a "new system of cuts" has been tried in the freshman class and will probably be adopted for all classes in the future. According to this system no absence of longer...
...acquisitions to the University Library during the past year numbered 17,677 volumes. Of late years the proportion of American books bought for the Library has increased in comparison with the proportions of English and German books...