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...laboratories and libraries, are usually strongly supported by a small, enthusiastic body of alumni. "'Tis a small college, your Honor," said Webster in the Dartmouth trial, "but we love her!" This sentiment and these men Mr. Shaler would attract to Harvard, by offering scholarships or presentations to be controlled by the faculty of the smaller college, and awarded to deserving graduates. The university could never, and should never, he says, seek to control the smaller college, for the independence of the relationship would be one of the greatest merits of the plan. Forty thousand dollars a year, he thinks, would...
...College on the 31st of October, 1754. During the Revolution, when New York was captured by the English, the college was closed. In 1784 the State Legislature of New York passed an act which changes the name of the college to Columbia College and placed it under the control of a body entitled the "Regents of the University of New York." On the 13th of April, 1787 the State Legislature repealed the act of 1784, reviewed and confirmed, with certain necessary alterations, the royal charter of 1754, decreed, "that the college thereby established shall be henceforth called Columbia College...
...Slumps badly and is too jerky in his movements. Should keep his shoulders down and should control his body coming forward to the full reach. Must be careful to use his stretcher, and not rely entirely on the strength of his body and arms...
Percy Bolton. Yale S. S. '86, will have full control of the training of the Yale 'varsity crew after the 1st of April. It was he who selected the material for last year's freshman crew and trained...
...closing, the lecturer laid down four propositions: The land belongs to the people; communal ownership has never proved economical; private ownership under national control seems the best thing for us; if the state ever recalls its lands it must compensate the individual owners. We may learn so to co-ordinate private enterprise and social co-operation as to realize the divine order. - Extracts from Springfield Republican...