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...race are simple, ignorant folk, under the absolute domination of their rulers, - the priests; were they to attend any colleges in America they would probably go to the great Roman Catholic colleges, like Notre Dame, and Seton Hall; the English Canadians, on the other hand, are furious loyalists, affect a lofty scorn for the "States," and send their boys when they can afford it, to the great English universities. I think if the number of Canadians on the rolls at Cambridge and Oxford were noted, they would be found to equal fully the number of Californians in Harvard. Time...
...investments, in order to lower the rates for tuition. It is well known that now at the end of every year Harvard either has almost no surplus, or is in debt. To lower the charges for tuition, from which the income is at least $150,000, would seriously affect our financial prosperity. Yet it seems as if, in addition to the aid given by scholarships and loans, the tuition in some cases might be made free to those who are in great need of money. Such a policy is pursued in many other colleges, and in some of the fitting...
Reference has been made so far to those men who are candidates for the simple degree of A. B. Of course men who try for honors put in more time and work, but that is necessary here as well as there and would not affect the comparison of the values of the simple degrees...
...lecture on "Health and Strength" is to be delivered by Dr. Farnham this evening. The following is a synopsis of the lecture : Effects of syphilis on the digestive system. Effects of exercise on the digestive system. The heart and the circulation of the blood. The pulse. Various influences which affect the heart's action...
...ordinary college religious exercises that we do not attend; we have religious societies; we listen to good preaching. It is true that we have our little dissenters and deists, our little men of every stamp, but we have also men and students who are not little, who do not affect an unnatural unbelief. And they represent Harvard opinion. Any claim to the contrary is a misrepresentation of us and of the truth. If cheap publications must comment on us, let them do it with at least some knowledge of facts and less use of the perverted...