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...gymnasium at the University of Pennsylvania has been formally thrown open. The general plan of the building is similar to the one at Harvard, and the apparatus is of the latest and most approved pattern. The gymnasium is hardly large enough for the growing needs of the University, but all the appointments are perfect. December 3rd, Dr. J. Williams While lectured to the students on the uses of the several appliances, and the best course to pursue in developing all the muscles of the body. Next term compulsory exercise will be enforced upon all undergraduates, but at present...
...well as satisfactory to each college. The facts for our article were kindly furnished us by the captain of the 'varsity crew. We are always glad to receive communications from members of the college athletic organizations, and only wish that the practice of contributing to our columns were more general among our leaders in athletics...
...sincerely trust that this privilege will not be abused, and that it will accomplish its purpose. We extend our thanks on behalf of the students to the faculty for their action, exhibiting as it does the evident desire of the college government to conform in their duties with the general welfare of the students...
...criticism of the tone of the Monthly, which appears in another column, must be regarded as a criticism of the general tendency of college literary writing than of the governing policy of the board of editors. The columns of the Monthly are open to all, and the sine qua non is only literary excellence. If those who are dissatisfied with the dark stamp of the contents of the Monthly, will express more hopeful views in an attractive form, and with the requisite literary merit, we feel sure their productions will meet with an impartial judgment...
...false, superficial honor. The objection will here be made, that scholarships cannot be assigned with accuracy. And to this I reply, first, that in considering a university's system of education, the assignments of scholarships is an entirely incidental matter, and should therefore be subordinated to the general policy. If the system proposed serves the purposes of the university, that is sufficient to maintain it, and to overthrow other objections. And, as a matter of fact, the few highest scholars will get their deserts anyway; and the doubt only rests with the remaining applicants for scholarships. Here, indeed, decision will...