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According to a recent report of the president of that institution, the resources of Cornell University are valued at $7,721,255.62. This, of course, does not include the money which may be won in prize-fights by students. - [Alleged witticism of a city daily...
This startling explanation of the recent action of the faculty will do much to allay the dissatisfaction the passage of this obnoxious law has caused among the students, and will also cause them to look upon their faculty as possessed of a greater degree of shrewdness than they had hitherto been credited with. In conclusion we advise every student to subscribe for Life...
...question of incorporating into the playing rules of the Inter-Collegiate Base-Ball Association the changes which were made at the recent convention of the National League, will undoubtedly come up for decision at the next meeting of the association...
...ideas. The government of Harvard seems to think that a thing once done is done forever, seems to forget that there is such a thing as steady progress." All of which should be interesting and instructive reading for the Harvard overseers and corporation, who, in view of the recent unrestricted bequest of over $100,000 to the college, can hardly plead poverty in excuse for exasperating tardiness in adopting needed reforms...
...writer attributes this change to the introduction of the elective system of which he gives a brief description. He mentions as a fact not well known that on a recent attempt to make the entire curriculum elective, the vote was nearly a tie although the motion was lost...