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...that it is published for Harvard University. This is true; for the generous gift of Mr. Thayer was intended as a further advantage to study in the department of political science at Harvard. But few public questions have ever existed in the history of our country of more intense interest and importance than that which is at present agitating it from east to west, and a publication devoted to the discussion of these problems will have important influence over a far wider territory than the university alone. We are proud to announce the new journal as coming from our university...
...marking and ranking the students. After a no doubt very careful consideration of all these facts the faculty decided on the plan which was published in the columns of the daily press. This notice was necessarily vague and did not give any of the details which it could only interest the Harvard undergraduate to know. The students have in consequence no exact knowledge of the nature of the new system, and much speculation is heard among them as to how it will be conducted...
...address to the students at the opening of the Columbia College sessions Monday, President Barnard gave them some excellent advice as to their studies and obedience to college rules. Then he showed the boys that he took an interest in athletics by complimenting them upon the promise they had shown. He told them that he had recently visited Harvard University, and while there was shown through the handsome gymnasium. In a case he noticed a number of colored balls, which, the young gentleman who acted as his escort said, were trophies of base-ball games won from other colleges. These...
...action of the faculty in this matter was clearly injudicious; for it will discourage a great many men who intended to take the course. It will not add any interest to the study; and it must certainly hamper the work of the new instructor...
...morning, appropriate literary exercise by the students. These have been placed in charge of the O. K. and and Signet societies. Also scratch races on the river. These will be the usual fall scratch races, and the boat club will make special efforts to add to their interest by enlarging the list of events and procuring a greater number of entries than is customary for the afternoon. A championship foot-ball match. For the evening, a torch light procession in some sort of class uniforms, together with special features illustrating the history of the college from its foundation, followed...