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...regard to a professional trainer nothing has been decided as yet, but both Matthews of the Athletics and Hines of Providence have been taken of. Base-ball interest is very quiet; no very great interest is felt because, probably, of the poor showing last year...
...which he advocates is the admission of graduates to the association on an equal footing with the undergraduates, this action of course making them eligible for places on the college teams. Unfortunately he mistakes the strength of the few college clubs which now exist, and overestimates the amount of interest taken in shooting among American students. At present the clubs for shooting which have been formed are leading a precarious existence, or are altogether dormant, and they cannot be at once aroused from their lethargy. It is significant, in this connection, that Harvard has been so long without a shooting...
...specimen of the generosity with which Yale supports all college enterprises, the following account of the collection of subscriptions for her new athletic grounds is of interest and should serve as a stimulus to Harvard: Ever since the idea of providing Yale college with new athletic grounds by means of college subscriptions was started in '81, every class since then has been thoroughly canvassed for subscriptions. The idea being a new one and an exceedingly good one, more liberal subscriptions were given by the students then, than are now being collected; one man in '81 giving...
...head of the world in all matters of education, and today her university and school system are looked upon as the best result of the experience and labor of the world's educators. So that testimony from Germany on any question of education is of especial value and interest...
Prof. White, in his preface, explains the contents of the book and gives a history of the events which gave rise to the controversy. Although Prof. Hofmann's address is mainly taken up with a question which touches but lightly upon the topic of most interest to us at present, in conclusion he discusses the principal subject-"that of admitting students to the Universities without the literary training which a German Gymnasium affords, and especially without a knowledge of Greek...