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...those who can understand it, the next sentence will be of interest. The examination in Mathematics 5 will be on as much of the following subjects as has been treated since the mid-years; Motion of Particles under action of Central Forces, Rigid Dynamics, Theory of Functions of a Single Imaginary Variable, and Elliptic Functions...
...interest some to know what a few rich men have done for the cause of education. Johns Hopkins gave $3,148,000 to the university which he founded. His gifts for benevolent purposes amounted to $8.000,000. Judge Packer gave $3,000,000 to Lehigh University. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave $1,000,000 to the Vanderbilt University. Stephen Girard gave $8,000,000 to Girard College. John C. Green and his residuary legatees gave $1,500,000 to Princeton College. Ezra Cornell gave $1,000,000 to Cornell University. Isaac Rich bequeathed the greater part of his estate, which was appraised...
...with "compositions," so-called, till he could form his sentences with tolerable correctness, and use his pen with freedom, but, 3, when he was set to work writing composition, he should be kept steadily at it, and at the same time should be made to take an interest in what he is doing, and should be impressed with the importance of having something to say, and of saying that something in an intelligible and a natural manner...
...capable of meeting. The necessarily greater Intimacy that arises from the informal meetings of instructors and instructed, is always beneficial and helpful to all concerned. To the instructors it gives a wider knowledge of their pupils that assists them in their teaching, and at the same time increases their interest in the work and the workers, or, as is very often the case, adds an interest where no interest had before existed. The students, on the other hand, have to profit from all their closer relations with those above them in knowledge, experience, and consequent wisdom; and by conversing informally...
...main points of interest in the game were the pitching of Winslow and the fine support by Choate, the batting of Foster, and the sharp fielding of the home nine. The Princeton men batted lightly and failed to bunch their hits, while they made many fatal errors. The coaching and base running of Harvard were wretched...