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...most useful institutions of the students is the Harvard Reading Room. Its success this year has been considerable, but not so great as could have been wished. Next year it is possible to greatly extend its usefulness and increase its advantages. This can be accomplished if but a larger number will come forward and become patrons of the institution. Considering the large return offered on the investment, and the small sum required to obtain the privileges of the room, it is certainly surprising that it is not better patronized. In proportion as its membership increases, its advantages also increase. Every...
...leaving your measure and having garments made to order can save by purchasing from us $5 to $15 per suit, and from $2 to $5 per pair on pants, with a much larger variety from which to make your selection, with your garments equally well made and trimmed. We extend to you an invitation to examine our stock before making your purchases...
...News, which says among other equally courteous things: "For half a column it praises his loyalty to Harvard, and smiled complacently at the discomfiture of Yale. It did, indeed, make a beautiful story to circulate through the country by the media of exchanges. To Mr. Robinson we extend our sympathies, at the same time, however, urging him to remain both where he is so sadly needed and where he can doubtless command a good salary, if their college press is able to help him out." For real imbecility of language and sentiment we must commend this last sentence to students...
...rules governing the instructors of the university is that no examination shall extend beyond three hours. The corporation wisely foresaw that, if no such restriction were enacted, students would be constantly treated with the utmost inconsideration by some professors whose sole aim in examinations is not to discover what the student may know, but to impress on him how absolutely little knowledge of the subject he possesses. The more he succeeds in convincing the student that he is groping in absolute ignorance, the more satisfaction does he seem to take unto himself. This rule the authorities have enacted...
...Athens, to be opened Oct. 2d, 1882, under the superintendence of Prof. Goodwin for the coming year. In a former issue we have given the government and the scope of the school, as well as the extraordinary opportunities which it offers for earnest scholars. The school year will extend from October 1st to June 1st, and studies during this time are to be prosecuted in Greece. There will be no fees whatsoever, but students will be obliged to live at their own expense or upon scholarships from their respective colleges. The probable expense is of course dependent upon the individual...