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The New York Times declares that there is, perhaps, a trifle of British arrogance in the remark of Lord Coleridge to the students of Yale, that "Yale, in its general air, surroundings and curriculum, reminded him very much of Eton."
"In this matter of elective studies I stand midway between the two extremes as represented by Dr. McCosh and President Eliot. I cannot indorse the elective system as President Eliot expounds and defends it, for his position seems to me open to many of the objections which Dr. McCosh urged...
Says the Hartford Courant: "The younger Mr. Charles Francis Adams not having found Greek useful to him either in soldiering, or in railroading, the Harvard faculty has decided not to require sub-freshmen hereafter to pass an examination in that language, tho' they may if they want to. It will...
Perhaps, to the average student, the most interesting portion of the report is that devoted to the athletic reforms. This subject is touched upon in the following words:
It is reported that the Overseers are making a series of visits to Appleton Chapel during morning prayers. What their purpose is, we do not know, except that it has some connection with the recent prayer petition. Perhaps they are criticising the service, with a view to making it more...