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THE Spectator is goody, painfully so. Its philippics against the intoxicating cup are truly Swinburne-like. The Pegasus of the far North is evidently a teetotaller, - possibly his didactic flights and broken-winded canter might go far towards proving him a jackass. One of his most graceful curvets is recorded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

For one who graduates at the present average age, a year or two spent as a classical teacher can hardly fail to be very serviceable. It is of special use as a means of reviewing and fixing firmly the rudiments of a liberal education. It is as to these that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOOL-TEACHING. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

There is another consideration in the person of the Chaplain. Many of us, most of us, feel a respect we should like to express for some substantial, steadfast character we have admired through college. We choose an Orator whose skill will express our acquirements to our friends and fellows. We...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHAPLAINCY. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

The new system, or more properly the natural growth and progress which modern facilities of comparison of legal authorities, principles, and reasoning render possible, is as yet in its infancy. It is now announced that "the design of the school is to afford such training in the fundamental principles of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

Moreover, too much time is devoted to a single branch, and no instruction given in several branches of no less importance. As an example, in the important subject of equity a whole year of careful and most able instruction is given in discovery alone,- a single division of equity, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »