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...English Readings. Chaucer's Franklin's Tale (concluded), and Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Prof. Child. Sever...
Lord Carlingford yesterday replaced Lord Spencer as lord-president of the English cabinet...
...Magazine gives long accounts of the debates of the Oxford Union which will be of interest to Harvard readers, as our own union was modeled after that at Oxford. The interest displayed by the university at large has made the union one of the most prominent features of English university life. A man who has become distinguished in the union is considered one of the rising men of the university. A brilliant speech excites comments throughout the whole university. This is shown by the fact that the Oxford Magazine devotes an editorial to a young freshman whose first effort...
...contains articles on rowing and on foot-ball. In these is noted the progress made by the crew or team in the past week. The first thing that strikes the reviewer is the great merit of the articles and editorials. Is it to be inferred from this that the English student requires a higher order of literature from his college paper than that which is demanded by his American brother-student? The facts seem to justify this assumption. Of course it must be taken into consideration that a part of this paper is written by graduates and for graduates...
...matter of frequent comment that more attention is not paid to rowing by the students at large. At present all the interest is centered on the university and class crews, and but few men who are not candidates for these crews ever go on the water. In the English universities boating is one of the most popular amusements, and it is the general popularity of the sport that makes it valuable. The revival of the single scull races would do much to encourage boating among the large majority of students who are not candidates for crews, and would soon dispose...