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...sixteenth century still more changes were made, - the ships or bishops now command the whole of their diagonals, and the viziers are raised from the lowest position to the highest, and castling is introduced. This brought chess into its present form...
...present names of the men are all derived from the original Eastern names. The name Chess is derived directly from Shah, while Queen is traced back to Vizier, through Vierge, Fierge, Fercia, Vizier. This game exists at the present day in nearly the same form in all parts of the world, and affords the same pleasure now as it did when it was first played on the banks of the sacred Ganges...
...land. Ice and snow would render the descent, short as it is, uncomfortably precarious. The use of merely proposing such an improvement is, we know, questioned, but few men are generous enough to take the matter into their own hands, and it can only be hoped that in the present instance, at least, the suggestion may reach those who alone have authority to make the change...
...however, and so few are the marks on many of the pages that we can with safety congratulate the Senior Class on the way they have started under the new system; there is no cause for discouragement, or reason to believe the rumors that are spread abroad that the present system is to be given up at Christmas or next term. Indeed, these latter statements have been declared false by the highest authority. In what we have said, however, we refer to the class, not to individuals. Some men have absented themselves almost entirely, and have received warning...
...indignant supporters of down-trodden woman will not find, from the statistics presented here, many arguments to support their cause. There are sixty-seven colleges mentioned where women are taught together with men, and twenty-eight more where they alone are admitted. The fact that these institutions do not have more students shows that it is not necessary to open any more at present. Vassar, of course, leads the list of Colleges only for women, and she has but four hundred and eleven students...