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...many Harvard men) -and lastly, "a short, thickset young man with the countenance of a brakeman," of muckers, muckerish. Of these delineations, the first is the best, the second having certain touches of vulgarity which are not pleasing. Regarded as a story, this effort of Mr. Cohen's lacks effect in its conclusion...
...preachers to the University are just about to close another year of their work at Harvard; and we want to take this opportunity to thank them for what they have done. Their work this year has been broader than in any previous year and the effect on university life has been correspondingly greater. The new and better order of things began when, five years ago, the government of the University voted that the statute concerning religious exercises "at which the attendance of the students is required" be stricken out. Since that time the spirit of the undergraduates has changed greatly...
...March 18, 1891, the Committee of the General Association of the students at Paris in the name of the association (a member of any of the higher institutions of learning is elligible to this association which now has nearly 4,000 members) adopted a series of resolutions to this effect: That every university ought to establish a committee of reception (Comite de Patronage) composed of friends of the university, with some representatives from the students themselves, similar to the committees already existing at Paris, Montpellier, in Sweden, and in Scotland. That when a student comes to any university with recommendations...
This scheme is to go into effect immediately at Paris. On completing the arrangements, we celebrated the event by a dinner last night at the Restaurant Foyot. The number present was about 35 representing seven or eight nations, with several members of the Comite de Patronage. The dinner passed off most pleasantly, and the after-dinner speaking was of an especially high tone. The toast of Professor Lovisse deserves to be repeated. Referring to the great agitation in favor of protective tariffs he said: "I drink to the free eirculation of students of all countries, and to the free baggage...
...report to the effect that Professor Royce had accepted a professorship in Philosophy at the Leland Stanford, Jr., University in California has appeared of late in several papers. We are assured that the report is mistaken and that Professor Royce has no intention of going to California, or of leaving his present position...