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This project has occasioned considerable comment in many of the New York papers. The N. Y. Times says in regard to the financial aid required: "If local pride still counts for anything with the rich men of New York, substantial benefactions from some who are not specially distinguished as patrons of education may be expected," and their assistance together with the support which will undoubtedly be forthcoming from those especially interested, will make the difficulty of raising an endowment of $4,000,000 much less than was at first expected. This subject is also discussed in the N. Y. Post...
...feel compelled to comment upon a recent letter, in the Nation, on the "American School at Athens." Although the writer of the letter in question signs himself "A Well-wisher," we cannot help feeling that his manner of showing his good will is in somewhat questionable taste. It is a well known fact that the society intend in time to enlarge the possibilities of the school as quickly as the money that is needed is forthcoming. The appointment of a permanent sub-director, who shall be under the direction of the director but who shall always remain at the school...
...upper class men who saw the close race in the fall of '81, cannot fail to recollect the interest the event aroused. It has been a matter of frequent comment that more attention is not paid to rowing by the students at large. At present all the interest is centered on the university and class crews, and but few men who are not candidates for these crews ever go on the water. In the English universities boating is one of the most popular amusements, and it is the general popularity of the sport that makes it valuable. The revival...
Provision was also made in case of short-handed games. It will be remembered that a good deal of unfavorable comment was made last fall because the New York Lacrosse Club came on here with only seven men. It was decided that no game should count unless played by at least nine men on a side, and this only in case of unavoidable circumstances. Rules were adopted for supplying places made vacant by the removal of players injured during the game. It is to be hoped that these rules will be effectual in preventing any abuses from creeping into...
Says the Boston Journal, in its Current Notes : "The statement of President Eliot of Harvard that beneficiary aid to students preparing for the ministry has a deleterious influence upon the clerical profession continues to excite much comment. A few agree with President Eliot in thinking that scholarships are only a species of almsgiving, but the majority seem to take a wider view, believing that as aid to education has become necessary in the common schools, it does not injure the ministry or other professions to extend that aid by college scholarships and private assistance...