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...satisfied with second place. The sophomores rowed in splendid form, and their recovery of third place from the freshmen near the finish is worthy of praise. The freshmen console themselves with the thought that they have made the best freshman showing since '83 swept all before them three years ago...
...Harvard the theory of what may be called "mechanical repression," such as prevails at military and naval schools, is not maintained. The student, without the pressure of a system of rigid rules, is taught self-respect and self-control. There is more freedom than there was twenty years ago, and the result is there is better order. So also the relation between teacher and student is of a far different character from what it once was. The influence which the young men exerted on each other is far better under this new system than under the old, and this influence...
...make a liberal allowance for every possible delay, it still seems as though the corporation were greatly at fault for not furnishing the window staples promised so long ago. It is true that there has been recently no appalling calamity or loss of life from fire to arouse the popular feeling in regard to the danger of fire in the college buildings, but it is not necessary for the corporation to wait for some such stimulus to compel them to fulfil their promise. We were told that the staples would be ready soon after the recess, and it would seem...
...visit of a couple of West Point instructors to the college some few weeks ago, on a tour of inspection in order to discover, if possible, any new methods or improvements in teaching which might be introduced at West Point, will be remembered. After visiting Harvard, Yale, and some few other colleges, these gentlemen have returned to their posts of duty and have made their report on what they have observed and learned. The Army and Navy Journal publishes this report, which furnishes some decidedly interesting reading. The gentlemen declare themselves to be perfectly satisfied with the methods in vogue...
...weeks ago, it will be remembered, Prof. Sumner of Yale made some remarks in a lecture on free trade which were at once taken up as a challenge by advocates of protection. The superintendent of the thread mills at Willimantic, Conn., embraced the opportunity to invite a number of Yale students to inspect the mills. Free transportation and a free lunch induced upwards of two hundred and fifty students to accept the invitation. The excursion was a grand success. The trip was a pleasant one, and the Yale students were much pleased with what they saw. The mills alone were...