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...since the introduction of the elective system, the idea of exchanging a year in College for one in Europe has occurred to some, and in some instances been acted upon. At present there are some absent abroad who purpose returning next year; and the writer, among others, adopted the same plan last year. The result was perfectly satisfactory to him. For those who have no previously fixed choice of studies or those who elect a greater or less number of modern languages the scheme is easily feasible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A YEAR OUT OF COLLEGE. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...have been miserably small. It has been one of the most cherished wishes of the University that a new crew should take their place at the next regatta, but that appears now to be impossible. t is frightful to think what will be the condition of affairs when the present members of the crew graduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...feeling among the students in regard to the place where the next regatta should be held is strongly in favor of Saratoga. Springfield and New London are out of the question, and the dispute now is between Saratoga and Troy. It seems likely at present that the delegates will be instructed to vote in favor of Saratoga. There is a bitter feeling in the minds of many against the men who had the regatta in charge last year at Springfield; as immediately after the race, Cornell's position in the race was telegraphed over the country as eleventh, when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTER FROM CORNELL. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...credit Walter Brown may have deserved for whipping Sadler, and advising any other American representatives to stay at home, they tell us to keep on rowing, striving as heartily as we have done, and perhaps the next generation of Englishmen may meet us on the water as equals. At present it is deemed but idle for even a second-rate crew to measure oars with the best we can bring out. There is a good deal of bombast in this, and reminds one of a bully who boasts when thinking himself safe from fight. We have never rowed but once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

...easy to see how difficult it is for individuals to struggle against the state, in view of the number of its pupils, its influence, and the resources it commands. Up to the present time none but religious organizations have sustained with any success an opposition to this University instruction, and you can easily understand that this is not a state of things to be proud of; for, notwithstanding the abuses of our national system, I much prefer secular and university education to jesuitical and clerical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF FRANCE. | 1/9/1874 | See Source »