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...recent number of the Evening Post has letters from Cornell, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Yale and Harvard. The establishment of a new professorship in the "science and art of teaching" at Cornell, the adoption of the "group system" at Johns Hopkins, the scheme of making a university at Princeton, the election of a new president and the building of a gymnasium at Yale, and the increased interest in foot-ball, the Conference Committee and the literary improvements at Harvard are the principal subjects discussed in these letters...
President McCosh is endeavoring to elevate Princeton to the scale of a university. The excellent opportunities which are now afforded students of that college to pursue post-graduate courses, especially in philosophy, speak well for the undertaking. The progress which has been made in systems of study almost necessitate university methods. Any college, however prosperous, which neglects the tendencies to an enlarged scope of work and persists in purely college work, cannot reasonably hope for distinguished success or marked progress. The more collegiate study is elevated in its facilities and methods the broader will be the scholarship evolved. A university...
...certain that he is not asked to devote himself to an uncongenial task to a greater extent than is good for him. These seven courses go under the following names : classical, mathematical-physical, chemical-biological, physical-chemical. Latin-mathematical, historical-political, and modern language. - Johns Hopkins letter in Evening Post...
...seriously whether the use of Harvard slang is merely an affectation or an unconscious habit. Members of the freshman class may always be relied upon to betray their collegiate standing by an inordinate use of purely Harvard expletives. This would seem to argue affectation. But again the post-graduate will make use of the same terms with only the addition of a rather indifferent drawl in their utterance. This would seem to argue habit. But let us see if another element is not contained in the matter. Every profession whether it be that of thieves or of the clergy, possesses...
Hattie Delano is again at her post as Pitti Sing at the Hollis St. Theatre; Miss Louise Montague, Forepaugh's $10.000 beauty, is playing Yum Yum. The Mikado still attracts crowded audiences. Mr. Booth at the Museum will appear as Richelieu on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and Saturday afternoon, in the "Merchant of Venice" and "Katharine and Petruchio on Thursday, "The Fool's Revenge" on Friday and "A New Way to Pay Old Debts" on Saturday evening...