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...Botany appears to supersede all other field sports, and has prevailed to such an alarming extent of late, that the faculty are said to have thoughts of prohibiting its practice within certain limits of the college, that the grass may have a chance to grow. The college grounds far exceed those of Harvard in extent and include a lake and adjacent pond. The buildings while few in numbers, greatly surpass both in appointment and convenience those of our Alma Mater. The larger part of the college work is carried on within one large building which is fitted...
...held this year at Burlington, Vt., was formerly located at Amherst, Mass., where it was very successful, 320 pupils being in attendance last year, and 300 pupils have already applied for admission this season, applied for admission this season, and there is a reasonable expectation that the number will exceed 400. The faculty of the school is composed of twelve teachers. French and German lectures will be given, and French, German, Italian and Spanish tables will be formed. Dr. Sauveur is one of the most competent and successful teachers of languages in this country, and his summer school has gained...
...Holmes Field, and the sight which greeted the eyes of the men who strolled out in that direction yesterday was a novel one. There, for the first time, the university nine were busy practising on the new diamond. The sense was a pretty one as the grounds far exceed in beauty the old ball field on Jarvis. The turf on the diamond is very firm and even, and the grass on the out-field is growing well, although there is plenty of room for a second sowing next fall to make it as close as it should...
...emergencies, and the endurance shown by the raw troops, in spite of poor rations, cooking and health regulations, was astounding. The army of the Potomac averaged twenty-five miles per day on several marches, and some other marches, both of union and confederate troops, compare favorably with, nay exceed the European average rate of fast marching. There was little or no pillage committed by our volunteers, and even when greatly incensed they were always subservient to their officers, although eatables were always appropriated, for the military fare was by no means savory. As a rule, the American volunteer...
...could not be reckoned in the first rank, either of poets or philosophers, whereas the truth has always been held to be that Emerson was the foremost philosopher that this century has produced. His poetry is often crude and deficient in form, but in poetic thought few men can exceed him. The test, or one of the tests, of originality is suggestiveness. And it is originality in any department which makes a man preeminent in that department. Certainly no man has been more suggestive than Emerson. Moreover we Americans ought not to like to see Emerson's intellectual proportions measured...