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...condensed history and biography of Longfellow will be issued tomorrow by the Tribune Publishing Co. It comprises critical estimates of his works by the best writers of the day, together with the history of certain poems...
Women are admitted to the State universities of Sweden, on terms of perfect equality with men. In Germany none of the universities are open to women. Leipzig, where they were once allowed to attend certain lectures, has now closed its doors to them absolutely...
...entirely separate and independent of each other. So it will be seen that we are endeavoring to put twenty oarsmen on the water. With what success remains to be seen. Many wiseacres are shaking their heads and prophesying dire disaster, but the students generally are hopeful. Certain it is that there are many applicants for positions on the two 'Varsity crews, but as yet the freshmen have not shown much enterprise in their undertaking...
...York Times says very pertinently of the recent scrape of the Williams College freshmen, that "the incident shows for the hundreth time the imperfection of the present system of examinations and of class organization in our colleges. A lad with a certain gift of smartness can get through a term with a very limited amount of study, and trust to trick and device to save himself from disgrace at the final test." The Times further argues in favor of substituting regular weekly examinations, in place of the present system of annual or of term examinations. Then it says very strongly...
...Chinese bill to exclude immigration for ten years and to abrogate certain features of the existing treaty was introduced in the House yesterday, as was also another electoral bill. S. P. Rounds of Chicago, the new public printer, will be sworn in today. The nominations of W. A. Hunt as minister to Russia, J. B. Partridge to Peru, J. H. Smythe to Liberia, Wm. Williams to Paraguay, and of J. J. Knox as comptroller, were confirmed...