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During the past week workmen have been engaged in clearing away the debris of the boat-house balconies and in repairing the building. The upper balcony will not be replaced, and the doorways leading to it will be closed. The lower balcony has been rebuilt. Workmen have also been engaged in digging basins in the marsh beside the boat-house, into which, after the water from the river has been let in, the floats will be conveyed for security during the winter...
Columbia's position is changed only in degree. Last season we were fourth on the list and this year we were again last, but if there could be a station lower than that we would assuredly hold it ; and at the present there is an "if" connected with our being even last, for their is a possibility of our not being allowed to remain in the Association at all. [Acta...
...Medresses or Mosque-Colleges, supported by the Mosques to which they are attached, are the universities where the Softas and Ulemas, and lower down the Imauns and Kyatibs, study, and, so to speak, graduate. Language and theology are of most importance in the eyes of the Ulema (or Dons) of a Medresse. Language means grammar, rhetoric, poetry, calligraphy and almost anything else, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Theology includes the interpretation of the Koran and traditions. The instruction in the Medresses is not likely to advance in any great degree the cause of general enlightenment in Turkey, Quite recently...
...faculty and corporation of Princeton are considering the advisability of making gymnastic exercise compulsory for the two lower classes...
...towards the end, to leave their places and stand nearer the line without paying any attention to the fact that they were obstructing the view of those behind. This had the effect of bringing those who could not see as well into the line and straightway those on the lower tiers of seats were compelled to abandon them if they wished to see anything of the game. Such a thing is thoughtless or else contemptible in those who first move forward, and in either case an end ought to be made of the practice. If some definite regulation was made...