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...German universities have no system of fellowships. This seems at first strange, but a reason for the absence of this system, which has proved so beneficial in England, may be found in the excellence of the universities themselves. It is thought, perhaps, that there is little need for a student to go outside of a German university. In fact, holders of English and American fellowships generally go to a German university to continue their study...
...brave," however, "belong the fair:" so with proper courage, and with a little co-operation from within, the student need not fear. Yet the average visitor will gain more coolness and self-possession, if he spends some little time in looking for the narrow but hidden way that leads to the delightful place, than if he scorns to reconnoitre and scales the high banking. No doubt an entrance by the latter way lends chivalry to the undertaking, in the eyes of the young ladies; but alas, the days of chivalry are past with the powers that be, and a chivalrous...
Twenty-five men attended the meeting for Mott Haven candidates. President Atkinson said a few words of the need of faithful work, and also of the advantages of being a member of the team; Baker, '86, spoke to the runners about starting...
These different methods of study need not be carried on entirely apart from one another. If there is an opportunity for younger students to make investigations, as in local history, they should be encouraged in this pursuit, for it cannot fail to give them a lifelong interest in the study of history. In confirmation of this view, Justin Winsor related his youthful experience in collecting information from town records, from the inscriptions on gravestones, and from the traditions of aged people of the neighborhood...
...Sketch of the University of Virginia" has recently appeared, from which we learn, with some astonishment, that of the gifts it has received since its establishment in 1819, amounting to $719,000, $653,000 have been contributed since the war-a fact of which the moral does not need to be pointed out. This total of $719,000 is exclusive of the gifts constituting part of the fixed endowment of the University, yielding a revenue which amounts to $282,600, all of which, except $2,600, has been also given since the war. Virginia has always been liberal...