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...expediency of doing something to stir up the students on this most important subject. This meeting was called by young men, and was managed by them throughout, the older leaders deferring that to them entirely. Within a few years those now in college will be at just the right age for this work, and their influence, if they are properly instructed now, will be immense. Moreover, these young men at New York, of whom several were graduates of Harvard, showed plenty of good sense and did not allow themselves to be carried away by their enthusiasm. This all shows that...
...this age of reform...
...average age of the Yale freshman class on entering college was eighteen years and ten months...
...ought, perhaps, to confess that in some respects we are behind the age, and have not followed the example set by several of the leading clubs of this city. We have not amused the public by giving them an account of the squabbles between our steward and the chairman of the House committee, nor enlivened our elections by issuing forged tickets and anonymous attacks on members, now given rise to false reports of duels by the brutal use of woman's names. [Cheers.] But then we are young, and perhaps before we reach the stage when such things are possible...
...full college course occupies three years, and except in especial cases, no young lady is admitted under eighteen years of age. Candidates for admission are required to pass an entrance examination and furnish a certificate of character. The curriculum embraces: modern languages, classics, mathematics, natural science, moral science, history, and vocal music. The professors of Cambridge have given their services free, and the readings, entertainment's, etc., of the university, with its musical society, are open to students...