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...every new discovery, whether of science or mechanics, the first query is, "To what can this be applied?" and forthwith keen-sighted men are found straining their vision over the broad field of future possibilities, and those who widen the range of its application often outrank the original discoverer of the art itself...
Even female education is to have a place at Oxford. The lectures of Ruskin, Max Muller, and others have long been crowded with women, and now a separate college is to be founded for them, for which an endowment is now being raised. The Broad or rationalistic party, and the High Church party, between whom the competition at Oxford now seems to lie, have united in advocating this measure...
ALTHOUGH the athletic sports on Saturday last were very successful, they were so at the expense of some irregularities. When the entries closed, on Thursday evening, there were nineteen entries for five events; of the remaining, the running broad jump had no entries and the other four but one each. Yielding to the wishes of the other members of the Executive Committee, I left open the entries until noon on Friday, when by going about and begging men to enter we succeeded in filling all the events but one. Notwithstanding this dearth of entries, there were two men who wished...
...Running Broad Jump was withdrawn, as there was but one entry...
Steeple-Chase was the final event, and crowned a good day's sports with an interesting and amusing race. The entries were open at the stake, and were filled by some ten men. The start took in a good broad jump over a wide hurdle, and after that the course lay over fences, hurdles, etc., for nearly three quarters of a mile. The scene created much amusement, as men went hobbling, falling, and crawling over these obstacles. As they approached the finish, it was plain the contest lay between Torrey, '82, and Butler, '77. It was won by Torrey, with...