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Canon Stubbs, the well known historian, has recently been raised to the bishopric of Chester. This appointment creates a vacancy in the Regius professorship of Modern History at Oxford, and efforts are being made to induce Mr. Freeman to accept this chair...
Amherst has been invited to join the Inter-collegiate Rowing Association, but it cannot accept. There seems to be no desire to get up a crew at present. In regard to this the Student says: "Perhaps it is too much of a luxury for Amberst to support considering her unmatured position, but it makes us feel sad to think of an athletic lacking. Nothing left but baseball? Surely in that we should be excellent...
...rumored that Professor Cyrus Northrup, of Yale, will accept the presidency of the Minnesota University...
...Athletic Association, under these rules, will be forced to withdraw from the Inter-collegiate Association in which it has taken a leading part for several years past, since it is not believed that these rules will be accepted by all the colleges in the association and those who do not accept them will have the right to retain the organization as at present constituted. This will necessitate the surrendering of the valuable championship cup, which has been held by Harvard for several years past, and will diminish or destroy our chance for its final possession. There are a number...
...athletes in the different branches. They are almost without exception healthy, and well developed men. Athletes are beginning to see that the best training for a specialty is the thorough development of the whole body, and not the abnormal development of particular muscles. When this idea has become generally accepted, as it seems probable under Dr. Sargent's teaching that it will, then this objection to specialities may be thrown aside. As to competition, it may be an evil, but it is a necessary evil. We must accept our athletics with this evil...