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...chief refreshments. After partaking of a fine spread at the Gilston House they returned home by the five o'clock train. The town boys regret their not having a regularly appointed committee of reception, but hope the students will appreciate their efforts to make it "pleasant" for them. Depot Master Geer reports considerable damage done to the railroad company's property and freight on the depot platform by being smashed by the students on their return trip, the bill for which will be promptly presented...
...will be seen from these statistics that it is not the difficulty of a study, but its value, which men consider in selecting their courses. Greek is a language considerably more difficult to master than Latin, yet because of the interest and value of the Greek literature and the excellent quality of the instruction, the Greek department counts three students for every two in the Latin. German and French or Political Economy and Italian stand in the same mutual relation. In fact, the hypothesis that the American youth is so foolish and so short-sighted that he will inevitably choose...
...pupil enters a house just as at Oxford or Cambridge he enters a 'college.' He becomes a member of that house. At Rugby there are eight of these different houses, and about the same number at Eton. Each of these houses is under the charge of its own house master. He carries it on as a boarding-house, takes the fees and furnishes the table, and pockets the profits or the loss. It is always a profit, and generally a good one. Teaching is a much more remunerative business in England than in America. The master's salary will ordinarily...
...Arbor, Dr. W. D. Wilson, Prof. Babcock, architect, and President White. Since the opening of Sage College the number of young women who have availed themselves of the privileges of Cornell University has steadily increased. At the last commencement two Baccalaureate degrees were awarded to ladies, while two received master's degrees. There are now fifty-two young ladies, undergraduates and graduates, whose names appear in the Register for 1882-83 in the list of students...
These are entirely separate institutions. Each one has its own particular head, called a master; warden, provost, etc. To each college appertain a number of fellows, whose positions are almost opposite to those of the fellows of American colleges, since they are persons who have won their places solely by hard study and high standing-in fact, they are generally poor but bright graduates. The sizars, Bible clerks and scholars are bright undergraduates. Nearly all the resident fellows are tutors, bursars or deans. The tutors answer to our professors and instructors, preparing men for the two great examinations both...