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...latter causes must be attributed the dash and vigor of his fighting. But this attribute did not exist alone. Nor can one say that the southern volunteer did not possess perseverance and patience under hardship. The long marches, short battles and wonderful retreats showed his abilities in this line in Stonewall Jackson's brilliant campaigns...
That courses are unequal merely because of men's difference in adaptability is a somewhat new theory. For though great varieties of ability exist among the students here, it can hardly be denied that some courses, from the very character of what is taught, from the quantity of work required, and from the instructor's strictness in marking, are much harder than other courses...
...particular, we further refer to the reproductions of the "National-Galerie" as of a very fine and magnificent ornament for the room. These pictures, published by the direction of the "National Galerie," are colored and of a middle great size; they exist both unframed (for rolling up) and also framed in a very splendid manner...
...Haven institution is in a bad way. He claims that its methods of instruction are far behind the times, and that they are inadequate to meet the demands of those who wish to keep pace with the present advance of education. After complaining of a few minor evils which exist in the management of the college, he closes with the prediction that the new president, whoever he may be, will find a heavy task before him in altering the present system of management to one which shall be in conformity with modern requirements...
...only is the farm itself very well managed, but its location is attractive; for the student, while still in the country, has also the benefit of lectures, courses of study, and libraries in Boston and Cambridge. If there was not a large endowment fund the institution could not exist. This year there are five instructors besides the Director of the Arnold Arboretum, and only three or four students. Such a state of things can well be accounted for by the fact that the institution is yet young, and has had little time to become known. When its advantages are fully...