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The farm comprises about 200 acres of a varied character. The soil on the hillside is mostly gravel, while in the meadows it is very rich and moist. Hay is raised on part of the farm, and given to cattle which are taken to board. The part comprised in the...
Of all the arguments in favor of an elective system such as ours, this one of note-taking would seem to be most powerful. In the great majority of our courses text books are either wanting or are of only subordinate importance; and the student is made almost entirely dependent...
The University possesses a fine library of about 130,000 volumes, which number is steadily increasing. A large reading-room is open all day to the students, in the main building, and as the building is new and fire-proof there is no hesitation whatever in lighting the gas on...
It is gratifying to us, as we glance over our exchanges, to read in almost every one that "Harvard has the largest college library in the United States." The statement is a very simple one, and is made with but few words, but it certainly has a good deal of...
Among the tapestries, bronzes, and antique furniture from the Jarves collection sold Friday was the Borghese Gladiator, in bronze, from the original in the Louvre, by Agesias of Ephesus, which was bought for the Hemenway Gymnasium at Harvard College for $4,000 - N. Y. Times.