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...General Skobeleff predicts a struggle between the Slavs and the Teutons, and thinks the Slavs will finally be victorions...
...university. "The name university," he says, "ought to represent an institution where not rudiments but sciences are taught by specialists, and where the learners are responsible young men who have chosen one or more of these sciences for a life work." But the college should aim to give a general preparatory culture to boys and youths, graduating them at the age of from eighteen to twenty. "It should be an institution for training the mind and disciplining the character, and should not aim to be an institution of learning, in the broad sense of the term. The teacher's personal...
...generally felt that the failure of the Harvard Register was a detriment to the university. That enterprise started out with perhaps too broad a scope and with hopes too brilliant. But then it can be answered that only a magazine of so high a character could be worthy of the support of the entire university and its friends. Still, the failure of the Register will be likely to prevent any future schemes of such a sort for a long time to come. Nevertheless, the Register was called into being to supply an actual need of the college at the time...
...action of the New York alumni, in reaffirming the resolution of last July calling upon President Bartlett to resign, has caused considerable comment in the college, the general opinion seeming to be that, while it might have been well for the president to have resigned at the time of the first resolution, it is now a foolish and unfortunate idea to revive a disturbance hurtful to the college and once settled, especially since the actions of the president have shown such good-will towards the college, and zeal in urging its interests...
...college meeting was held Monday morning, the sixth, for the transaction of general business. The committee for the furnishing of songs to the new college song book was authorized to complete, as soon as possible, the arrangements for securing for Dartmouth its share of the space in the new book, and to furnish new songs as soon as they should be inspired by Apollo. The meeting was then resolved into an athletic assembly, and the question of winter athletics was brought upon the board. After some discussion, it was voted that athletics be held some time in March...