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...Nero; in Suetonius, and in Lucian. The latter speaks of their devotion to each other, and explains how any sharper might easily set himself up as a prophet and receive no small income from the contributions of these poor fanatics. He tells a story of Peregrimes, a man whose object in life was to become notorious. Among other follies this man became a Christian. He was so clever that he soon took the lead of all officers of the church, interpreted many books, and wrote many others. Finally he was made a bishop; then he broke some of the Christians...
...have received a copy of the second annual edition of a pamphlet entitled, "Harvard University. A brief statement of what Harvard University is, how it may be entered and how its degrees may be obtained. By Frank Bolles, Secretary of Harvard University." In a prefatory note the object of the pamphlet is described as follows...
...meeting in Sever 8 last evening, the Prospect Union Association was organized. Its object is to bring together all the men who are interested in the Prospect Union and it will be a branch of that society. At a meeting held January 18, a committee was appointed to draw up a constitution. This committee reported and the constitution was accepted. The feature of it which is of most interest to Harvard men is that all members of the University are eligible to membership in the Association and it is to be distinctly understood that both the Union...
...meeting will be held tonight in Sever 8 at half-past seven of all who are interested in such work as is being done at present by the Prospect Union. The object of the meeting is to complete the organization of an association in the University of those who desire to help such work but who cannot give enough time to engage in it actively. A preliminary meeting was held before the mid-years to consider the advisability of forming such an association. At that time the subject was carefully discussed and a committee appointed to draw up a suitable...
...colleges. In the former instance the student would enter college earlier, graduate earlier, and get to work on his professional studies at an earlier age. This is one way of bringing about the same result as that advocated by the supporters of the three years' course. If the object is to allow men to prepare for professional work at an early age, the proposed changes will aid largely towards this end. The other result of the proposed change would be that the pupil would enter college at the same age as now, but prepared in more advanced subjects. This system...