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...years ago our departmental library numbered some 5,000 volumes. Since that time it has increased to $16, 000 volumes." At the time of the death of Prof. Louis Agassiz the museum was over-crowded with the immense accessions constantly accumulating. There was no opportunity for order or systematic display. A re-arrangement was absolutely necessary and it has been successfully accomplished. The old facilities for laboratory work and instruction were entirely inadequate. The present rooms, although not as yet equipped to suit him, give ample opportunities in comparison...
...considerably lower than much ballet music of other writers. Mr. Louis Schmidt, Jr., played a "Fantansia Appassionata" for violin by Neutemps with a remarkable execution. It is of a class of compositions which have passed their day of great popularity, and while they are extremely well adapted to display the capabilities of the violin, are almost entirely devoid of real feeling...
...spite of the simplicity with which the various branches of science and art may now be taught, they are not likely to make much advancement among the Mohammedans. These people display an astonishing apathy and a total absence of the spirit of inquiry and research. They confide the secrets of nature to the supreme care of Allah, and consider it entirely uncalled for to trouble themselves about such matters beyond the extent required for their common wants...
...hoped that the array of coaches bearing the Yale colors at the Thanksgiving game may this year be larger that ever, for the Harvard men are reported to be making extensive preparations for insuring their team the support of a larger display of the crimson than Princeton used to make of the orange and black. We offer a few hints as to how coaches may be secured, in the hope that they may be of service...
...that is, of the best society throughout Germany. In other words, it is "the thing" to be poor, and live as if you were poor, in Germany. The military and civil officers who form the flower of German society are poorly paid, and, not only make no attempt at display, but look on display or luxury as vulgar. They get the consideration which they enjoy, not from their means, but from their position. The possession or acquisition of money is, therefore, not a sign of social success. A man's wife and children are not troubled by his not possessing...