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...presence felt in the boat. He will not begin regular training till the first of May. There are now twenty men training for the nine, but Captain Badger will select from these at the end of the week thirteen who will continue training while the others will cease, except those who will comprise the "consolidated." The men practice in two squads, one under Captain Badger and the other under Mr. Platt, 3d base of the University. The schedule of games for April will probably be as follows, though some of the dates are not definitely settled : April...
...satisfactory, though it has not been so strict as in some former years. It will be a hard crew to beat.' And the correspondent continues: "This last conclusion would occur to almost any one. All the men booked for places are 'beefy.' All the places are in reality assigned except the bow. This is the arrangement as it stands: Folsom, '83, stroke; Storrs, '82, No. 7; Parrott, '83, No. 6; Hall, (captain), '83, No. 5; Hyndman, '84, No. 4; F. W. Rogers, '83, No. 3; Guernsey, L. S., No. 2, and either Bourne, '83, or Flanders, '83, bow. . . . The present...
...practically secured for Harvard. On the contrary, it seems as though every year the necessary expenses of students go on increasing. That something will have to be done to remedy this evil before long is more or less apparent to all, although, we fear, too slightly appreciated by any except members of the university itself. That the students themselves appreciate it is evident from the very noticeable efforts of theirs of late years towards securing cheaper living, and especially recently by their movement for cooperation. (2) The efforts made of late years by the university to secure support and endowment...
...Hopkins, by a private founder, afterwards by subscriptions. It has become known chiefly by its work in natural science but desires to encourage humanistic studies equally. We anticipate a great future for it. None of the English or Scotch universities are denominational; none have now (since 1871) religious tests, except that the established church in both England and Scotland has possession of the theological faculties. English universities are self-governed, except London and Manchester, which are controlled respectively by a senate (named by the Crown) and by a board of trustees. The constitutions of Oxford and Cambridge are very complicated...
...England there is, with less of this stimulus, perhaps more of finished scholarship and greater opportunities for an enjoyable social life. There are three sets of teachers in the English universities: (1) the professors, who have hitherto taken a part in the teaching more dignified than practically important, except in natural science, where they have had nearly all the work to do; (2) the tutors and lecturers, who bear the burden of practical work and give their instruction in connection with some college independent of the university proper; (3) private tutors, or "coaches," from whom forty years ago came nearly...