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...gather from our exchanges that many people have an idea that to a certain degree co-education exists at Harvard. All fail to express just how far this degree extends, but it seems to be the general impression that Harvard possesses a department devoted to the instruction of women, and that that department is termed the Annex. It is difficult to see what should give rise to this thought; from the reports of the authorities certainly nothing can be construed, even by the liveliest imagination, to justify it, and it is well known that even the personal taste and desire...
...call attention to the notice of the meeting of the Entomological Club, given in another column. All who are interested in entomology should not fail to hear Dr. E. L. Mark's farewell address...
...classical translations, these readings come but once a year, and then only occupy three or four evenings at most. Were not the interest in English literature at Harvard at so low an ebb, it would indeed be a matter of surprise that any member of the University should fail at some time during his residence in Cambridge to attend one of these ever-memorable Chaucer readings...
...accustomed to having everything made subservient to our whims that if our slightest suggestion fail to meet with instantaneous notice, we cry out that our privileges are being curtailed, our rights infringed upon. Our virtuous indignation so blinds us that we do not wait to investigate the facts involved, but rush headlong into violent upbraidings of those whom we consider the authors of the supposed wrong. The recent complaints with regard to the hours for closing the Gymnasium are a case in point. An interview with Dr. Sargent clears up the whole matter. The real reason for the present regulation...
...considering the industries of this country we cannot but he impressed by the rapid increase which mining is undergoing, and we cannot fail to see how valuable and necessary a part of a practical education a thorough knowledge of Chemistry is destined in a few years to become. On this account it seems strange that Harvard, whose Chemistry department is wellnigh perfect, should neglect to provide for instruction in such an important branch as Practical Assaying. Perhaps the proximity of the Boston Institute of Technology has induced our Faculty to believe that any such course at Harvard was needless...