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...dressing rooms, which are generally very comfortable, into the hall there is a surprising and disagreeable change. The steam has not, we think it is safe to say, been turned on in that place this season, though there have been several days cold enough to warrant such action. On behalf of scores of shivering students, we ask that the matter may be attended to at once and further discomfort avoided...
...that institution. During his connection with it as President, he has received five millions of dollars, which have been expended for the most part in the erection of handsome buildings, and in providing for the salaries of fellows and new professors. Dr. McCosh is as active in behalf of the college as if he had never succeeded in getting a dollar in contributions, and his appearance at meetings of the alumni is always hailed with delight. Harper's Weekly...
...interest in that language which is felt by the students at large. A course of translations and readings from the higher novelists would aid materially in vivifying our German study. We do not want to propose what will overtax the already burdened German department, but we can promise, in behalf of the students, that any effort in the direction of a course of evening readings, will be appreciated...
...educational success of the Harvard 'Annex' is now beyond all doubt, and its growth and progress make a public appeal in its behalf necessary. Not only has it justified the confidence of its friends, but it approves itself also more and more to those who were at first inclined to distrust it. The courses of study as well as the instruction and the examinations are substantially the same as those of Harvard College and, thanks to our professors and students, the standard of work has been admirably sustained throughout. As a result of this, the practical aims of the enterprise...
...weaf of hay upon his horns; he is looked upon with mingled feelings of suspicion and pity. That there can be any knowledge outside of the curriculum of the University, or if there is, that it is of any value, is not dreamed of. The specialist who pleads in behalf of another kind of learning is considered a fanatic. "We don't want original researches," I have heard it said, "but good all-round men," that is to say, the best specimens of the crammer who have a smattering of many things, but know nothing well...