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...American colleges derive two-fifths of their income from tuition fees, which is four times the proportion which the English Universities get. Students furnish them with only one-tenth of their yearly resources...
...court, left absolutely undefended. It is all well enough to oppose the net game, properly so called, to players who are content with 'lobbing,' or an occasional mild 'liner,' but to play this game opposite men who send their returns in like the proverbial lightening, is simple suicide." An English correspondent has recently written a letter in which he comments on these two styles of play. He speaks in conclusion about the distinctive features of the English and American games as now played in the following terms: "Taking the single game first, the difference is not so great...
...server, of course, and he gets up as soon as possible) and if they are up to the mark nothing except a smash will get past them. This is always done in England, and even allowing for the difference in 'calibre' of the players, the superiority of the English style was fully exemplified in the late international matches. The more advanced the game gets here, the necessity for this change will be more apparent, and I confidently expect that next season our best teams will study this style of play to their advantage...
...Biglow Papers' and 'Under the Willows' and 'Among My Books.' Their candidate was the friend of Hawthorne, the successor to Long fellow's chair at Harvard; one of the leaders in the society which has invested Cambridge, in Massachusetts, with something of the halo of Weimar; the expert in English Literature who has redeemed the name of Fielding from unmerited reproaches...
...professors and students pursuing special branches of study. These connect directly with the upper story of the book-room, and thus the books likely to be most needed by specialists are made easily accessible. In two of the rooms will be carried on the work of the Seminaries of English Literature and Classical Philology, while the other two are devoted especially to the uses of the School of Political Science. The Shakespeare Library, consisting of 2,500 volumes, recently presented by Mr. McMillan, is shelved in one of the rooms, and the new acquisitions on the subject of history...