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...persons designated in his will. The Corporation, therefore, so far from depriving professors of a portion of their salaries, is in reality increasing them by five per cent and providing besides a competency for their families. The plan is certainly a commendable one, and will no doubt, with the proper limitation, be acceptable to those whom it most concerns...
...objected that this is not the proper aim for a university, and that instruction of this kind belongs to the commercial college. But surely, the fact that more than half the graduates in every class go into business, and that the others have more or less to do with money matters, shows that, although the practical may be unduly set aside here, it will force itself to the front in after life. The University has the power to combine both; and the time has come for it to give the experiment a fair trial. Hitherto it has disregarded the aims...
...showed that they at least voted for the men they thought best fitted for the places, and not, contrary to express understanding, for sectional nominees. The results of the elections were, as a whole, very satisfactory, and the announcements of the results were received with apparent good feeling. If proper officers and absence of discord lead to a successful Class Day, '80 will not need to have any fear for next June...
...several days, and this practice has been renewed from time to time. Another cause of complaint, less culpable than the former, but still very annoying, is the manner in which students leave the reserved books lying around in the different alcoves, instead of returning them to their proper shelves. It may be through carelessness that a student takes a book to the most remote alcove and leaves it there, but it looks very like a selfish attempt to conceal the book for future...
...comparison of this summary with that of last year it will be seen that the number of students has increased in all the departments, except the College proper. The number of Officers of Instruction and Government has now reached 167. Among the noticeable new names are those of Dr. D. A. Sargent, Assistant-Professor of Physical Training and Director of the Gymnasium, and Ko-Kun-Hua, Instructor in Chinese. Under the management and care of Prof. C. S. Sargent, the Arboretum at the Bussey Institution, according to the accounts in the Boston papers, will soon take a conspicuous place...