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...John L. Swift, deputy collector of Boston, to present addresses at Harvard. When Wendell Phillips was asked, he declared his willingness to speak, saying that when he was in college certain students attempted to start a similar society, but, since at that time he did not feel the same interest in the cause which he now does, he neglected to aid them. For this reason he felt as if he owed a debt which could only be repaid by helping as much as possible the present society...
...annual report of the executive committee of the Annex, which has just been made public, is full of interest to all students at Harvard. Where we are so nearly concerned as we are in this matter, it is but natural that a statement from the authorities of the Annex should be scanned with curious and critical eyes, to enable us to discover what are the arguments advanced and the changes proposed...
Although this suggestion may be too late to adopt this year, we hope it will be considered in years to come, if there-by the meetings will become of more general interest...
...Institute of 1770 held an interesting debate recently on the subject: "Resolved, That an executive committee ought to be appointed from the college to confer with the faculty on subjects of interest to the students," and decided the question in the affirmative. This may be taken as showing the opinion of the students in this matter. The opinion of the faculty, or at least the more liberal and progressive portion of that body, it may be stated. is almost identical with that of the students. Several professors, who on all subjects affecting the interests of the students are appointed...
...institution of a new assistant professorship in the English department, again suggests the ill-considered treatment of the department of political economy. In Political Economy, a subject of live interest and great popularity, it is reported that the faculty expect to reduce the working force, while the English department, where the instruction, as far as the prescribed courses are concerned, has been notoriously weak, is to have a new office created for it, which will merely perpetuate an old system that has met with nothing but condemnation. The action even lacks the excuse that the appointment is necessary to obtain...