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...students, while the lecture system gave no chance for any intimacy which might arise between student and professor. This system arose at Paris, but was imported to England and almost did away with the original lecture system at Oxford. About this time, the revival of classical learning drove out the study of Commercial Law, though lectures were still given on these subjects. The invention of printing also gave an impetus to learning, through the study of cheap books instead of valuable manuscripts. Little by little, the university lecturers made way for the "fellows," and these have, in their turn, made...
Second round. - Both men appeared rested by the one minute respite, and ready for work again. Page once again forced the fighting with good effect, and continually drove his adversary to the ropes, using him up badly. Smith, towards the end of the round, was winded, and the round closed decidedly in favor of Page, who showed up magnificently against his worthy opponent...
Michael Kavanagh, the man who drove the car in which the assassins of Lord Cavendish and Secretary Burke escaped, has turned informer, and in giving a detailed account of the murder Saturday, positively identified two of the accused...
...Emperor and Empress of Russia drove through the streets of St. Petersburg last Sunday, in an open sledge, to the Michaeloff palace. As they passed through the streets they were greeted with the greatest enthusiasm...
Oscar Wilde drove to Cambridge Saturday. He waited on the Brighton bridge nearly an hour expecting to see the 'Varsity crew go out, but was disappointed...