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...annual statement of the Sheffield Scientific School for 1887-8 has just appeared. It is an interesting pamphlet of about sixty pages and shows clearly the progress of the school. The number of students has increased from 279 to 282, the gain being in the undergraduate department, the number of specials and post-graduates remaining about the same. The circular of the graduate department is more extended, showing a steady growth, and the list of laboratories, collections, etc., shows what means are placed at the disposal of students in chemistry, zoology and engineering. At the close of the volume...
...Seaver, director of the Yale gymnasium, has just completed the physical measurements of the sophomore class and has developed some very interesting facts concerning the effects of training All but four of the class have made recided physical progress during the year, although only a small proportion of the class have taken a regular course of training. The most noticeable increase in the measurements have been in height, girth of in flatted chest and girth of head. A very notable example of the effect of light exercise is in the case of a man, who, during the year, without...
...little can be said of the progress of the various athletic teams. The candidates for the various crews are beginning to work well together and the relative abilities of the men are becoming apparent. It is probable that the end of the month will see a material reduction in the number of would-be oarsmen. The Mott Haven team is in active training in the gymnasium, and it is expected that the men will be much benefited by courtesting with the athletes from other colleges who have entered for the winter games which will be held next month...
...President's report, an abstract of which we publish to-day, shows a most gratifying progress and growth in every department. Harvard is no longer a college, and truly deserves its title of University, while it bids fair to rival the older institutions of Europe. One part of the report is most pleasing to all the friends of a really liberal education. When Greek and Latin were made elective, it was predicted that they would be neglected for the other studies, but such has not been the case. Greek has, indeed, lost somewhat, as it is less essential...
President Eliot, in his report, shows the progress that has been made in regard to entrance examinations in English and the classics, and states that the instruction of the college has been directed to giving command over the languages, rather than to securing knowledge of certain pieces of Latin and Greek. In this connection he emphasizes the advantages of the sight reading system and points out the good tendencies of the method now recognizable. The endeavors of the faculty to improve the teaching of elementary science in the secondary schools is next touched upon, and the results of voluntary chapel...