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COPIES of the current number of this publication have been sent to several teachers, and their attention has been called to an article on "Elementary Instruction in Latin," signed D. T. Reiley. It appears to be a very caustic review of Allen's "Latin Primer," a work published over five years ago. This manual of elementary Latin composition has its sentences hauled over the coals one after another with a view to show their blunders, and the article is closed by "seriously asking the question, Whether this is the same Joseph H. Allen whose Latin grammar Harvard University recommends...
...last number of the Yale Record contains a great deal of matter in regard to the Harvard-Yale foot-ball game Its tone is so thoroughly offensive that a lengthy review would be as undignified as it would be unpleasant. The rivalry between Harvard and Yale has caused a great deal of jealousy on both sides, and a certain amount of ill-feeling among enthusiastic and narrow-minded partisans is unavoidable. It would have been supposed, however, that neither college would so far forget its dignity as to deliberately insult its guests, had not the Record disdained the forbearance which...
...account of the increasing number of books and the poor accommodations for reference and study, it was proposed, about five years ago, to enlarge Gore Hall, but through lack of funds the project was abandoned for the time. At length it has become absolutely necessary to make some addition to the stacking room, as the increase of volumes has been very rapid within the last few years, many of the books coming from the bequests of Charles Sumner and Dr. Walker. Under the present librarian, who was appointed assistant in 1825 and again in 1841, and in 1856 was appointed...
...railing running around the room, and will be unoccupied, the shelves that cover the windows being removed to admit the light. The present reading room will be divided into small study-rooms for the convenience of those who, in their studies, require table-room for a large number of books. The basement will be used for binder's room, storage, etc. The great number of books and the increasing number of borrowers require an entire change in the system of delivery. One of the plans of delivery which is proposed and probably will be adopted is that used...
...this reason the subscription books ought to be opened while the class is yet in college, and the members bound together; otherwise, if the subject is not proposed until after graduation, when the class has separated, the expense of a window will fall upon a comparatively small number, and there will probably be a large number who, through ignorance of the project, will fail to contribute what they otherwise would have had they been requested to do so while in college. Also students, as a rule, are better able to subscribe while in college than they are for several years...