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"It is unfortunate that so many seem unable to discuss Yale affairs without indulging in ungenerous allusions to Harvard. Your correspondent 'Anti-Revolutionist' errs if he supposes that criticisms upon Yale can be answered successfully by slurs upon the university at Cambridge. This question why 'the critics who have so...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale. | 12/1/1885 | See Source »

It is often said that 'the faculty' governs Yale. This cannot be the so-called university faculty, embracing all the professors, for that faculty never meets, and exists only in name. Which, then, of the six faculties is it that enjoys this prerogative, and what position does it hold toward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale. | 12/1/1885 | See Source »

The position that the Germans take is a peculiar one, namely, that a man should have a living at least while pursuing any branch of learning, even though the benefits of the education are entirely selfish ones. It is their way of "elevating the masses," and a futile and often...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pauperism in the German Universities. | 11/30/1885 | See Source »

The fact that a member of '86 has prepared a paper on the doctrine of laisser faire, at the request of the Honorable James Bryce, M. P. to be read before the English House of Lords, is a gratifying compliment to our department of Political Economy. It marks a recognition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/28/1885 | See Source »

Bob Cook has recovered so far from his late injuries that he has resumed his position as coach of the Yale crews.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/27/1885 | See Source »