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...ago at the opening exercises of the term, President McCosh, of Princeton College, took occasion to deliver a long harangue against athletic sports as at present practiced in colleges. The good doctor asserted that an undue amount of attention was paid to athletic sports as compared with the proper studies of the course, and that a reform in this particular was earnestly to be desired. He, therefore, urgently requested that less attention be paid to outdoor sports and more to books. Dr. McCosh, like his learned brother the Rev. Howard Crosby does not believe in developing the muscles as well...
...inquiries made several years ago by the Harvard faculty concerning prayers at the homes of students, and the answers received, proved very well that "youth are not trained at home in pious service." The advice of the great poet might well be heeded by Harvard's corporation...
...HARVARD HERALD: I was surprised to read in your editorial columns on Tuesday, Jan. 16th, that I officially had authorized the statement that the challenge of the Yale Boat Club would undoubtedly be accepted. I beg to state that these remarks were made by me at least six weeks ago, and were intended simply as an expression of my private opinion. By correcting this mistake you will greatly oblige...
...Brown of Dartmouth College stated at an alumni meeting held in New York city last week that, "there never was a time when the prospects looked so bright for Dartmouth as today." The "prospect" must have brightened considerably since a year ago...
...lecture room in Boylston Hall listened to the last of the series of lectures by Prof. J. P. Cooke on "Egypt and her Monuments." The lecturer began with a description of the temple of Edfoo, erected in the time of the Ptolemies, and excavated only a few years ago. This is the best preserved of all the temples, and represents some very fine decorations. Next were shown some illustrations of the granite quarries from which the materials for the temples were obtained, and the method of quarrying was shown to be precisely the same as that employed at Quincy...