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...accustomed dignity. The next morning three of the rioters were rusticated, but all who were engaged in the riot begged that they might share the same fate, because they were all equally guilty. The riot was Anglican rather than Protestant in its character; was deliberately planned by English high church men, and was intended to rebuke the chief lay representative of the Roman propaganda in the university...
...space of ten years. But as yet the absence of a permanent capital has clogged the workings to a slight degree. Under the circumstances it is a matter of congratulation that the society have succeeded as well as they have. It is a well known fact that the English have endeavored to establish such a school but they have not been successful. The projectors of the enterprise have been bitterly reproached with the fact that the Americans have succeeded in accomplishing in a twelve-month what the English have been unable to do in years. The Russians have also been...
...counts 50 per cent. The remaining 50 per cent. is made up by the semi-annual examinations, the two together making the maximum work for the term. The chief honor on commencement day is the Greek salutatory. Number two delivers a Latin oration. Others in second honor class have English orations. The Valedictory address is delivered by a student whose only requirements are that he shall be an honor man, he shall be nominated by the faculty, and be elected by the class...
...English magazine has devoted three columns in a recent number to the evils of examinations, most of which applies mainly to preparatory and grammar schools. A few remarks, however, may be quoted with some bearing on the evils of the system here. It says: "It is no uncommon thing to find examination papers which an accomplished literary man would not undertake to answer unless he had two or three days and the aid of a good library. That too much is often required, that subjects are given which cannot be properly treated, and that much harm is done to boys...
...carious strangers to survey the wondrous plan; but we got so hungry with watching these youngsters that we did not remain long. Possibly the stealthy creep of prejudice over our judgments may have been the cause of our verdict; but we certainly arrived at the conclusion that our English boys at "Trinity" and "Jesus," in the fenlands of the old country, would, at least in physical appearance, lose nothing alongside those of Harvard College. We did not at Harvard look out for "Jesus" giants, nor even for some of those thin-flanked "long-stops," which, at a 'Varsity show - should...