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...know to gain admittance to the society has not been made public, but it is interesting to note that the problems of a lifetime are settled by the society in the course of an evening's discussion. It has been suggested that they should adopt as a motto, after half a year's study of Required Metaphysics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PROGRESSIVE AGE. | 2/8/1878 | See Source »

...officers of the Natural History Society for the second half year are as follows: Professor N. S. Shaler, President; R. W. Greenleaf, and L. F. Woodward, Vice-Presidents; Wm. Wilson, Recording Secretary ; Dr. G. L. Goodale, Corresponding Secretary ; B. Sachs, Treasurer; H. Goldmark, Librarian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/8/1878 | See Source »

...legal, 1163; medical, 345; philosophical, 1163. There are 210 foreigners in the list, including 42 from America. Besides these matriculated students, there are 2200 other persons in attendance on the lectures, belonging to the various technical and art schools of the city. The corps of instructors numbers 210, nearly half of whom are in the philosophical faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/8/1878 | See Source »

...book in his hands; for neither at this time nor ever was he addicted to books, or much devoted to the regular studies of the college." Mr. Wright's standing was never high, nor did he aim to make it so. He stood, however, well up in the first half of his class, and received a Commencement Part...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAUNCEY WRIGHT AT HARVARD. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

...mean both; somehow one can't study much at Cambridge; and, again, I don't believe that half of the courses can do me any good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT THE SENIOR SAID. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »