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Western railroad stocks represented at first a certain profit to the stock holders but the actual money received did not amount to much. The stockholders of western roads have little by little grown to be eastern men, and thus it is that stockholders and the actual running and controlling powers have separated-a state of affairs which cannot fail to be disastrous. The bond holders are the real owners of western railroads...
...writer of a communication in the March number of the Monthly makes some exceedingly sensible objections to certain subjects in the plan of forensic work adopted this year. It can not be denied that the new system of four forensics is an immense improvement over the previous method. Men undoubtedly take more interest in their subjects and at the same time they have better opportunities for improvement in argumentative work than when they were obliged to pin their whole year's efforts on one long and one short forensic...
...best examples of pure eloquence, of noble heroism, and exalted poetry. He willf find, too, many passages of burning eloquence and impassioned rhetoric. If one would give the time to the study of the Bible which he gives to the study of the classics, he would experience a certain literary enjoyment which can not be got from other studies...
...feature will be a list of assistants in all departments from the first appointment about 1870. There will also be some changes in the class lists under the names. It has always been customary to insert degrees and appointments received by graduates. But hither to appointments from certain colleges only have been recognized. The list in future will include all masterships received from secondary schools as well as from colleges. Lists of the deans in all the departments will be given and, in the class lists, the office of instructor is to be noticed if the appointment...
...Tillinghast, who is in charge of the catalogue, is very much in favor of the publication of the work in English. He anticipates no difficnlty in the Anglicizing of all the complicated names. He will be assisted in certain parts of his work by Mr. F. W. Nicolson...