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...That the Christian faith may be propagated amongst the Western Indians to the glory of Almighty God" was one of the reasons assigned in the royal charter for founding William and Mary college. There is no record, however, to show that an Indian ever received a degree from that famous institution. Although Roanoke College has been attended by Choctaws for thirteen years, Mr. William Harrison McKinney is the first one to complete the course and receive a degree, Bachelor of Arts. He has the distinction of being the first Indian, of full blood, to graduate at a Virginia college...
...through a stratum of meteoric dust, or in other words pulverized meteors. The theory which has attracted most attention is that the Java earthquakes of last autumn raised such a cloud of mica dust that it ascended to a great height in the air and has been suspended there ever since. This theory is supported by Prof. Shaler. These and many other explanations have been advanced, but whatever the cause of this phenomenon, we all can admire its beauty and not trouble ourselves about a subject that will never be satisfactorily explained...
...sweeping changes as the faculty proposes. A middle course is possible to this extent, that we can retrace our steps and place college athletics once again in the position which they held ten or fifteen years ago when hardly a hint of professional taint or of undue excess was ever made. Indeed the gap between the two methods of reform is not so very wide. Not-withstanding these consideration however, we believe the college stands ready to accept the experiment of the faculty and test its new system with good grace and even with willing cooperation, provided that...
...matter of regret. And when there is interest enough to make the attempt, they ought to be encouraged as much as possible. Let all the crews make their best efforts and not give up till the fight is won; and the result will be the finest race which will ever have been seen on the Charles river course...
...near or in the college yard by which they may be within easy reach of all the buildings, and also be free from the extortion practised by Cambridge boarding-house keepers, whose prices rise year by year as they see each freshman class larger than the last, more than ever at their mercy from want of sufficient accommodations under college rule. The most pressing need of the college, according to the president's report, is more unencumbered money for running expenses. The treasurer's report states that the percentage of returns for capital invested was smaller for 1883 than...