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...year, but not as largely as Harvard. To the 1,271 students of last year she has added 220, making a total of 1491 for 1891-92. This increase has been mainly in the graduate school, and in the schools of electrical engineering and architecture. The graduate school has grown from 45 to 126, an enormous gain of 87. Cornell is thus following Harvard in the attention paid to resident graduates. The gain in the arts departments is comparatively insignificant...
...name of the Herald-Crimson. This awkward name stood for over a year and a half, when a new board of editors relegated all that was mortal of the old Herald to the past and the paper appeared as the Daily Crimson. Under this title the paper has grown prosperous; it has been put upon a strong financial footing, it has several times in creased the amount of space devoted to news, and it has grown steadily in the confidence and respect of the college...
...Ninety-three, and Ninety-one on the outside. The starter of the Ninety-three boat was not an adept in his art and it was five or six minutes more before Ninety-three was in position. By this time the Ninety-four boat was unsteady, but Referee Peabody had grown tired of waiting and gave the word at 21 minutes and 24 seconds after 5, although the freshmen were not ready for the start. Naturally enough the freshmen fell behind and were fully a length and a half behind at the end of the first five strokes. Ninety-three...
...points which he has made is in regard to the presence of Harvard instructors and officers at the annual dinners of the Harvard clubs. Of late years the custom of inviting to these meetings the men from Cambridge who are directly engaged in the development of the college has grown very greatly. Mr. Abbot has pointed out with what eagerness the members of these clubs seek for opportunities to keep abreast with the advancements being made in their own college; and of how much practical good for our University such meetings prove...
...History department in Harvard Hall is already being largely used; the only wonder is that the department has been able hitherto to accomplish its purposes without the help of a special library. The new library will form one of the many special libraries at Harvard. As the University has grown during the past few years, the establishment of these libraries has been rapid. They are fulfilling the objects which the broader interests of the University are continually demanding...