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We are sorry to learn that in the spring the Holmes' house, in spite of all its associations, is to be removed or torn down. We are not rich enough in America in historical monuments and memories to let so noteworthy a building go without a protest. Here was the...
The different schools of the university are then in turn mentioned, and all seems to be in a flourishing condition, except the Dental School. Particular attention is called to this department. After a struggle of fifteen years it possesses no property except a few chairs, and a fund of $955...
Most of our American colleges designate the grounds upon which the principle buildings are grouped as the Campus. Here it is simply the "yard," a name quite strange in this sense to the ears of the ordinary collegian. The whole yard now includes about twenty four acres. The first grant...
M. de Lesseps, in an amusing speech at the distribution of prizes at the Lycee Henri IV. of Paris, declared that when he was examined for his Bachelor's degree the examiner took down a map and asked him to show where the north, south, east and west were. Neither...
The reasons for this may be various, but one of them undoubtedly is that Canton is a great seat of learning, and the literati of China have always been the most determined opponents of foreigners. It is at Canton, indeed, where the greatest examining University of China is to be...