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...this date, one is accustomed to look back on the methods of a half century ago with perhaps a little amusement; and so it is with some surprise that we read, "that the life of the country in that period was in some respects peculiarly favorable to the progress of a superior class of students." However one is somewhat reassured in his feelings of advancement, when the article states, "but that education, either as a philosophy or a practical accomplishment was other than painfully narrow, mechanical, and unnatural in its ordinary condition, he must be a bold man who would...
...Amateur Drawing Room is no more ? Have they not a kind of theatre at the league ? Or if it could not be obtained, there is a goodsized hall on Seventh street connected with the Mercantile Club. But maybe the pudding does not want, or is not allowed, to come. [Progress...
...annual report of the curator (Mr. Alexander Agassiz) of the Museum of Comparative Zoology for 1882-1883 has lately been published. It contains an interesting report on the beginnings and progress of the museum, together with an excellent heliotype of the buildings; also reports on the various departments by the heads of those departments...
...students connected with the college proper is given as 972, showing a gain of more than forty over last year; the whole number in the university is 1522, a gain of nearly a hundred over last year. This shows a most gratifying increase and is indicative of the rapid progress that Harvard is making. The new School of Veterinary Medicine has now become an actual member of the university and for the first time a list of its students is given. It appears also that the old Lee Prizes for reading are no longer to be offered for the future...
...Still I do not see how Harvard can escape a scolding whenever any of its students get off upon a frolic. It is not impossible, also, as is charged, that it sometimes happens that Harvard is blamed for the doings of youths who have no connection with it. [Progress...