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...being easily understood, and if such were here the case, the epithet would indeed be welcome; but this profound specialist seems to have failed to comprehend the whole bearing of the argument. The "elaborate application of Mr. Spencer's doctrine" consisted in a passing reference, seven lines in length, to prove that a modern specialist needs a highly differentiated mind. The rest of the argument - maintaining that specialization was not the object of an academic course, and thus accounting for our collegiate indifference - was in no manner dependent on any knowledge, superficial or the reverse, of Mr. Spencer's theories...
...account of the increasing number of books and the poor accommodations for reference and study, it was proposed, about five years ago, to enlarge Gore Hall, but through lack of funds the project was abandoned for the time. At length it has become absolutely necessary to make some addition to the stacking room, as the increase of volumes has been very rapid within the last few years, many of the books coming from the bequests of Charles Sumner and Dr. Walker. Under the present librarian, who was appointed assistant in 1825 and again in 1841, and in 1856 was appointed...
...plan for enlargement proposed now, which is the same that was handed in five years ago by Ware and Van Brunt, the architects of Memorial Hall, is to extend the eastern wing of the present building eighty-eight feet, which addition will make the length of the entire wing between one hundred and one hundred and five feet. The main room in this wing will be thirty-four by seventy-nine, and will have a capacity for stacking upwards of 150,000 volumes. Of the two plans proposed for stacking the books, the one which proposes to divide the stacking...
...every way satisfactory to those who are interested in the success of the club system. In both the four and six oared races the time of the winning boat was an improvement on the time made a year ago. Under the club system three races, each two miles in length, have been rowed by four-oared crews, and the time made in each race has been better than that of the preceding one. Thus the time of the winning four-oared crew in the fall of '74 was 16 min. 36 3/4 sec., in the spring...
...reply to the extremely sensible article in the Yale Courant, quoted at length in our last issue, the Cornell Era has printed a column of school-boy rant, which goes far to prove that the muscles of the Cornell students have been developed at the expense of their intellectual powers...