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Judge-Advocate-General Swaim has made a report to the Secretary of War upon the case of Sergeant Mason, in which it is understood he recommends a modification of the latter's sentence...
...certain relief to routine labor in more abstruse branches. The lectures of the Natural History Club also are always popular. But on the other hand, there has lately been a noticeable falling off in attendance at evening readings, a most admirable institution, as all have acknowledged. And in general, it is always a doubtful experiment here to attempt any lecture or entertainment that has achieved sure success elsewhere, but may here be entirely neglected and of no profit to any considerable number. In many cases, of course, the eternal grind of college work prevents advantage being taken of the many...
...with the method and the theory on which their editors seem to proceed, and, unless I am entirely mistaken in the tone of college feeling in this matter at Harvard, I think I am not alone in my opinion. I want to say as for the Lampoon that in general I enjoy its articles and witticisms immensely; and this simply for the reason that they do not have a chronic appearance of being forced out at the imminent risk of the sanity of their originators. But even the Lampoon sometimes dribbles. But as for the Advocate and Crimson, (it will...
...science he is well known as a distinguished and original authority, and in his retirement the university suffers a positive loss. The instance becomes all the more important when we consider how little has been done to replace these recent losses. Although the junior professors and instructors are in general competent and thorough in their routine work of instruction, there is an evident need of a presiding authority in several cases who shall direct and advance the work and methods used. Last year several conspicuous additions were made to the classical department, and the example set in this respect might...
...General Francis A. Walker, President of the Mass. Institute of Technology, and lately Superintendent of the Census of the United States, will give four lectures in Sever 11 on Tuesday evenings, April 18th and 25th, and May 2d and 9th, at half-past seven. The subject of the first two lectures will be "American Agriculture;" of the last two, "American Manufactures...