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...current number of the Popular Science Monthly contains the rectorial address of Dr. Alexander Bain to the students of Aberdeen University, Scotland, taking for his subject "The University Ideal." Prof. Bain gives a description of the origin of the university system, of its gradual growth and progress up to the present day, and an exhaustive discussion of what in his opinion constitutes an ideal university. The university proper can hardly be dated back earlier than the twelfth century; and the important particulars in its first constitution were these: First, the separation of philosophy from theology. Aristotle and the awakening intellect...
...Wadsworth lectures on "The Origin of Rocks" in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at 2 P. M. today...
...WEDNESDAY.Lithology. Special subject: The Origin of Rocks. Dr. Wadsworth. Museum of Comparative Zoology...
...article also contains a very interesting account of the origin of the "Hasty Pudding Club." From the eating of "hasty pudding" he traces the transition to college commons. After an account of some of the scenes of the early "commons" he contrasts the old system with the one of the present-day - Memorial...
...banished to the top stories, while seniors and juniors occupied the second and third floors respectively. The prices of rooms at this time, it may be remembered, were much lower than at present, and it may be that the tables of expenses, which now adorn the catalogue, had their origin then. The old system was continued well into the sixties, when it was given up, and, after several changes, the present system was adopted, which is certainly more acceptable and decidedly fairer...