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ALTHOUGH it is very gratifying to have our virtues commended and our faults forgotten, we cannot expect to derive any real benefit from this kind of criticism. An unbiassed comparison, whether between individuals or institutions, is the only one conducive to marked improvement...
...such a comparison between the universities of England and America the reader is referred to an article in the North American Review by President Eliot. The length of the English term and the American term, the modes of instruction, the systems of examination, the discipline and morals in the colleges of both countries, are compared in such a way as to show what is best adapted to the wants of undergraduates...
...rich or poor, for notable attainments at school and at the university, and of providing for the comfortable support of able young men, rich or poor, for several years after they have left the university; unless, in the mean time, they should have come to the conclusion, from a comparison of the results of the English method with the results obtained by other nations, that there are means of promoting piety and learning more effectual than that of presenting money to the youthful mind as the most appropriate reward of scholarship...
...Magdalen College Athletic Sports took place, Nov. 9 and 10 the Freshmen's (University) on the 13th and 14th. As will be seen, the Freshmen made the better record, though the comparison is hardly a fair...
...every event, except the three-mile run, a race which was on but one other programme. Undoubtedly, the fact that Jarvis had not been in a condition for use has much to do with the poor showing in athletics Harvard makes this year; but we hope that the comparison, so unfavorable this year, may be changed next spring, and that the Athletic Association may again meet with the success which it once...