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...systems were chiefly considered, the one now in vogue at Harvard, where the department is placed entirely in charge of a medical man, who is assisted by a small corps of instructors in gymnastics; the other is the Princeton system, in which a professional gymnast furnishes instruction under the direct supervision of the faculty and trustees. The former system is held as the more favorable one by the trustees, but as yet no man has been found whom they regard as sufficiently competent and trustworthy for the position." All of which well attests the importance and success of Harvard...
...Burton, '82, will direct and take part in the performance of "King Uphli's Bride" at the Windsor Theatre Wednesday evening...
...faculty, we understand, are to lend eclat to the occasion by their presence; and what strength should not this circumstance alone inspire! As an appropriate climax to so famous a victory, the freshmen will make a triumphant entry into the city. The line of march will be the most direct route to No. 72 Center street. The usual or rather the unusual ceremonies will follow these initiatory rites...
Some plan can doubtless be devised for keeping those who are not employed off the grounds and regulating the conduct of those allowed to remain. Any improvement would be welcome. Let the Tennis Association, then, direct some of its newly-found energy to the correction of this abuse, and if they succeed they will have merited the sincere thanks...
...opinion that it would be a great improvement in the relation between minister and congregation, "if the minister were frankly allowed sometimes to comment upon a fresh book instead of preaching a sermon, sometimes to read other men's sermons instead of his own, and, in general, to direct his hearers to good reading, and bring them to know something of the minds and works of the leaders of the race, living and dead...