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...review of "The Life and Letters of Francis Lieber," edited by Thomas S. Perry, formerly instructor in English at Harvard, is contained in this week's Nation...
JUNIOR THEMES.Theme IV. will be due Feb. 20. Subjects: 1. Early American Financeering. Sketch of Robert Morris. 2. An Account of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. 3. Longfellow's Place in English Literature. 4. Leon Gambetta. 5. The Adventures of a Trade Dollar. 6. Greek Plays and Modern Audiences. 7. The Ethical Standards of Under-graduates...
Saturday, Jan. 27: Latin 1, Sever 37; Latin 5 and 8, Sever 35; English 2, U. E. R.; English 7, and German 3, Mass. 3; French 5 and Spanish 1, Mass. 1; Philosophy 6, Sever 37; History 13, U. 20; Mathematics 3, 5, 9, and Physics 5, U. E. R.; Physics 6, Lawrence; Chemistry 2, Boylston; Chemistry 8, Bussey Inst.; Nat. History 8, Zool. Museum...
President Chadbourne of the agricultural college, protests against the neglect of practical English branches in the higher institutions of learning. Dr. Chadbourne by no means undervalues the training which comes from Latin and Greek; but he firmly believes that much time can be and is wasted by the manner in which they are taught. He would have the instruction of our colleges touch practical life more closely, and so far as this the advocates of English and scientific education have found a lively champion. The doctor declares that most college students cannot write a plain hand, compose a creditable letter...
...Palmer, the author of the "Folk-Etymology," has undertaken the editorship of the "Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases Adopted into English," for the preparation of which the late Mr. Stanford left a bequest of $25,000 to the University of Oxford...