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...nearly all the instruction at English universities, who are now much less active, because both university professors and college teachers have become far more efficient than they were then. In England, examinations have become the main thing and practically control the teaching, although the true view of them would rather be that they should exist as a test of teaching. The examinations, though very old, had become purely formal in the last century: their present importance is comparatively recent. In the Cambridge Triposes, students have heretofore (for a change is now being made) been arranged according to merit. At Oxford...
...Yale Record comes out in a new and tasteful cover. The Record agrees with the Crimson and Advocate in their theory of college journalism, and thinks "It is, too, rather self-possessed in a student to wish to vie with Herbert Spencer, or something of the kind." (!) A sentiment entirely commendable if not very lucid...
Messrs. Pendleton and Page were the contestants in the second drawing of the Middle-weight Sparring. The first round was rather tame, no good work being done by either party. In the second round, Pendleton drew the first blood by an adroit cross counter. The third round was more exciting, but unskilful. The second drawing was won by Page...
...Park, the popular comedian, Mr. Nat Goodwin, will present his rather good play of "The Member for Slocum," by George R. Sims, the London playwright...
...grasp at the young man's hand and even essayed to clasp him in his arms. The young man shook hands with the enthusiastic native in a non-committal sort of way, and said, in not unfriendly tones, "Well, indeed, my dear fellah-I really-your face is rather familiar; it seems to me I have met you somewhere, and yet I can't exactly place you." The father gazed at his distinguished son, and went back to his office with an unalterable determination to bind out his sons to shoemakers and blacksmiths.-[Burlington Hawkeye...