Word: existence
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...colleges three-fold, while the number of students in arts has in the meantime only doubled. In the country generally the number of students under instruction at any given time is in a proportion of about 1 to 2000 or 2,500. In 1830 the average attendance on the existing colleges was sixty-seven each, and in 1880 about forty each. There is not a state in the Union in which the number of colleges is not greatly in excess of the educational needs of the population. It would not be, therefore, educationally a misfortune if Columbia College should cease...
...northern part of Arabia is occupied by vast sandy deserts, which are inhabited by the roving Bedouin tribes. The Bedouins love the wild, untrammelled freedom of desert life, and despise the dwellers in the cities. Hence it is not surprising that only two cities, Mecca and Medina, exist within their borders. The three characteristics of the Arab race are, tribal isolation, love of poetry, and utter lack of religion. Union of the scattered tribes was impossible, and the people remained dormant for centuries, on account of the lack of combined effort. War was the business life and poetry the only...
...public opinion in regard to matters of national interest and as to the duty. of each citizen in the struggle to make public opinion effective. The writer comes to the conclusion that politics as a career must be a failure of all but the wealthy; that while parties must exist, it is almost impossible to carry effective measures of reform into operation by means of party machinery. We agree with Mr. Story in many points, but we wish that he had put more stress upon the necessity of action within parties by private citizens. We believe that measures of final...
...vacancy in the list of Morgan Fellowships, and two or three in the list of college scholarships, for the current academic year, are found to exist. Applications should be addressed to the Academic Council and deposited at the office of the University, No. 5 University Hall, on or before Wednesday, October 3. Students already holding scholarships need not make application, as their claims for promotion will be fully considered by the committees having charge of the nominations...
...Columbia College, there is an urgent appeal to make that college more exclusively an institution for graduate instruction. President Barnard speaks very strongly in favor of the plan, even going so far as to say that "it would not be educationally a misfortune if Columbia College should cease to exist as a school for undergraduate students." With this end in view it is proposed to add to the library books particularly designed for postgraduate courses. Under the subject of the "Library" the report says...