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...academy situated at Groton, in this state. The new school is to be supported on the income of $100,000 lately raided by subscription. and, of course, also by the tuition fees received. The land on which the buildings are situated comprises what was formerly known as the Edmund Blood farm, and is the gift of Messrs. James and Prescott Lawrence. The association of gentlemen who are charged with the management of the school's affairs intend to make the new institution the equal, in every respect, of the best of our preparatory academies. Like St. Mark's school...
...rope about 150 feet long, and fasten it to the staple, you might escape, provided the rope did not burn before you reached the ground." What we wish to impress on everybody is, that if he neglects to obtain a rope after the generous advance of a staple, his blood is on his own head, in case of fire, and the college will refuse to pay damages...
...member of the nobility does enter the university, it is generally for personal gratification only, and on account of a desire for knowledge ; it is not to get a degree. So we have in this university a large body of thinking young men, untrammeled by family ties of "blue blood," who must necessarily exercise a powerful influence upon the character of their country. The university is thoroughly equipped with physical and chemical apparatus, and possesses a museum of Natural History ; but its greatest treasure is a library containing 200,000 volumes, and a famous botanical garden filled with specimens...
...Montreal. At the banquet Prof. Lowell responded for literature. "There is no country in the world that owes so much to literature as Scotland. I bring with me the felicitations of three American universities, and their Godspeed to the older university here. We feel as strong as ever that blood is thicker than water. I warmly reciprocate-and feel that I am expressing the feelings of Americans in so doing-the expressions of friendship used at this banquet...
...believe. But there is one point that has been gradually forced upon the notice of every one who has attended the meetings, namely, that such vigorous contests as are yearly witnessed, are not suitable exhibitions for a Ladies' Day. It is an almost inevitable conclusion that some blood must be spilled if the sparring is at all hard, and "posing matches" do not seem to be held in high favor among the undergraduates here at Harvard, if one may judge from the current conversations at the meeting. The most sensible plan seems to be to put all the sparring...