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President Chadbourne of the agricultural college, protests against the neglect of practical English branches in the higher institutions of learning. Dr. Chadbourne by no means undervalues the training which comes from Latin and Greek; but he firmly believes that much time can be and is wasted by the manner in which they are taught. He would have the instruction of our colleges touch practical life more closely, and so far as this the advocates of English and scientific education have found a lively champion. The doctor declares that most college students cannot write a plain hand, compose a creditable letter...
...possible: they row the races, they should have the say. However, out of courtesy, our present committee thought such a committee might be temporarily appointed, but not until there was something for them to confer about, that is not until the challenge had been accepted in the usual manner. And this is certainly reasonable, for why should a lot of men get together to discuss something about which there is no certainty, something which, indeed, may be a well founded supposition, yet which is none the less a supposition...
...every advantage be given to, the men who are working for the college or their class, but let them try to use their privileges in such a manner as to interfere as little as possible with the rights of others who desire to exercise...
...provide anything more and that therefore there was nothing for us. One very small lot of provisions had been sent up in the interval, which failed to satisfy the wants of more than two or three men, while the desires of the much larger number remained unsatisfied. In this manner a considerable number of men who came in at the end of the hour were deprived of their breakfasts. This was certainly an outrageous proceeding on the part of the steward, and savors of an impudence unparalleled save by some of his own previous performances. He should certainly be compelled...
...what concerns Cornell students, and therefore fail to find the Era as pleasant reading as some other papers, yet it is certainly an ably edited paper and quite equal in most respects to any of our exchanges. Its exchange column is run in a novel and most interesting manner, and if we regularly had such a department we should be much inclined to adopt their plan...