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...contains a very sensible article on the higher education of women, which cannot fail to interest all students who look upon this question with impartial eyes. For however we may attempt to disguise the fact, the question is becoming more and more a vital one for educational institutions. The recent attempt to introduce women into Columbia College is but one of the many indications of the feeling at present pervading the country Although we cannot believe that the experiments at Ann Arbor and Cornell have as yet received sufficient trial to prove the ultimate success of a system of complete...
...arranged by competent authorities in each department. Among the names we notice many Harvard men. There are interesting notes from the various scientific institutions of the country, both public and private. The journal ends with scientific notes from various parts of the world and a list of recent books and pamphlets on scientific subjects. The journal is a credit to both the publisher and the editors, and well deserves the support of the scientific world in America and abroad...
...Ohio University is the oldest educational institution west of the Ohio. Its charter was given in 1804, and it began operations in 1809. The income consists chiefly of rents derived from the university lands. A recent increase has been made in the rents, which is equivalent to an additional endowment...
...recent dinner of Williams College Alumni, President Carter reported that the college never was more deserving of affection than now. "There are," he said, "three Yale men, two Harvard men, and one Amherst man now in the faculty, and I could show you in five minutes where half a million could be placed and not be noticed. We expect $50,000 from the Clarke estate and shall raise each professor's salary $300 next commencement. We are the only college which has prayers twice a day, and we want to keep it a Christian nursery...
...understand that the athletic committee has handed in its annual report to the faculty. This report, covering as it does the recent change in athletics at Harvard and giving more fully than can be learned from any other source the views of the committee on the subject, together with the complete results of their investigation, would be of great interest to the students. Its publication would tend to strengthen the mutual understanding existing between the faculty and students...