Word: branch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale "navy" is the only branch of college athletics which depends upon voluntary subscriptions entirely...
Duels among the German students are not caused by personal enmity, but arranged by committees specially appointed by the several classes to look after this branch of athletic (?) sports. It is the duty of the class committee to produce a man who may sustain the honor of the class by proving himself the best swordsman in the university. The happy student who is chosen is often ignorant of his opponents names. He may refuse, if he will, but as it is considered a great honor to represent the class he seldom declines to fight. As class feeling runs high, duels...
...plan be adopted, has not been fully settled, but one of the plans suggested provides that for each special sport, as base-ball, foot-ball, cricket, boating, athletics, etc., there should be, say, three advisers appointed who have practical knowledge, and who should have special charge of their particular branch. At stated times it is proposed that all these several boards should meet in one body, and, in connection with the Faculty Committee of athletics, consider all questions which may properly come before it, especially in regard to playing, schedules, etc. Of course, objections are not wanting to this plan...
Albion College has a branch in Japan and gives diplomas to its graduates.The University of Lewisburg has received a gift of $100,000 from William Bucknell, of Philadelphia...
...people understand what rapid strides the study of modern languages is making in our colleges. There will soon assemble at Columbia College a convention of teachers which will serve at once to show the growing importance of this branch of study and to develop a still greater interest in it. About twenty-five Professors from nearly as many colleges will meet on Dec. 27 for the purpose of establishing a permanent organization of teachers of modern languages in this country, and to discuss methods of teaching the languages and the means of elevating the standard of instruction.- Professors from...