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...Vermont Academy, President Alice E. Freeman of Wellesley and others. At 11 o'clock the subject of discussion will be "With the present requirements for admission to college, is it possible to give a sufficiently thorough training in English in the preparatory school?" Mr. Frank A. Hill, head master of Cambridge high school, will speak first. He will be followed by President William DeW Hyde of Bowdoin College...
...publish in another column a communication on a recent extraordinary article on Harvard in the Boston Herald. We do not think that the writer of this article deserves all the scorn which our correspondent heaps on his head, but nevertheless, a fellow of his stamp may do incalculable harm if he is only persevering enough, and can find an audience for his productions. Unfortunately this audience is large and constant; colleges and college-bred men are always subjects of ridicule in a country where the majority of the inhabitants have for years been accustomed to look upon "self-made...
...seems to be getting it on all sides just now to pay up for the good time she had during the 250th Anniversary. During that brief period of sweetness and light, enough good things were said about her and enough flattery was bestowed upon her to have turned the head of any less sensible old lady. But she only smoothed her dress a bit, put a new crimson ribbon on her cap, and blushed with modest pride...
Each table in the reading room will be supplied with two or more movable lamps which can be lighted or turned off at pleasure. At the head of every stack of books in the reserved alcoves will be placed a lamp with reflectors, sufficiently strong to light up all the books under it. It is also possible that some fixtures will be hung from the ceilings for lighting up the hall generally...
...intended celebration of our younger sister, Columbia; and our pleasure is the most sincere because we ourselves have just been eating the birthday cake of our own beloved alma mater. Though adversity and prosperity - and she has had a large dose of both - Columbia has always held up her head with the proudest. Contending as she has done, against the many disadvantages which are sure to attend a college situated in the heart of a great city, she has honorably proved her right to existence; she has gradually been shaking off the bonds which held her and has been approaching...