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...Agassiz that he was unable to join the ship "Albatross" of the U. S. Fish Commission and investigate the fauna of the western coast of Panama, as he had previously that of the eastern coast. The commander of the "Albatross" was kind enough to allow Dr. Agassiz to avail himself of a large part of the ship's collection so that he might compare the fauna of the western and eastern coasts of the Isthmus...
...school in which the result is to extract from the pupil a fixed amount of work and exact from him a strict obedience to a body of minute regulations, to the broad life of a true university, in which great privileges are offered to those who will avail themselves of them, while in return each student is required to conform himself to such regulations only as are necessary for the maintenance of order and of honor and to satisfy his instructors that he is making a reasonable use of his opportunities...
...systematic course of "cramming," A man who studies the larger part of a night before an examination enters the examination room with impaired mental faculties, unable to express forcibly or well the substance ground up the previous nigh. A clear mind with a few facts is of more avail than a muddled head with an interminable jumble of confused statistics...
...what are taught in other colleges; and we must not wonder if the men of today, who find themselves close to the streets of Boston, to its courts, its State House, its schools, its concerts, its theatres, its dances, its lectures, and its other opportunities for study or amusement, avail themselves often of what that university at their side has to teach...
...another column is a notice of two lectures to be given by Mr. Lawton from the Medea of the Euripides. From his past work and success, it is certain that the lectures will be not only instructive but interesting, so that all who can, should avail themselves of this opportunity to hear Mr. Lawton. When either the University or some club provides us with a chance to hear a man distinguished in any branch of learning, it is only fair and right that the students should show an appreciation of the favor by their presence in numbers large enough...