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...report of the Boating Convention at Springfield, we said that Mr. Watson, of Wilkes's Spirit of the Times, was appointed umpire for the next regatta. We have since heard from Mr. Watson that his official connection with that paper ceased some six weeks...
...club, but differs from ordinary clubs in maintaining a 'literary' or 'intellectual' character." The entrance-money is one pound, and the terminal subscription (there are three terms in the year) either one pound or twenty-two shillings, which must, at Oxford, be paid to the Society's Bankers. The report of the Cambridge Union states that during the three years from October, 1871, to the end of the Easter term, 1874. 985 members were admitted, so that, as there were 195 members on the "Electoral roll" of the University, there were 1,180 members resident in the Easter term...
...bring up for discussion any subject that is not strictly theological by posting a motion in the rooms three or four days before a debate; if no motion is posted, the standing committee has to provide a subject; no written speeches can be delivered. I have not the report of the Oxford Union, but in Cambridge the debates seem quite well attended; I did not find less than seventy-seven who voted on any motion, and there were over a hundred present at most of the meetings. There is a very interesting list of the additions made to the Library...
...President's Report says that no more electives can be offered until the number of undergraduates has risen to eight hundred, - we suppose partly on account of the lack of money for salaries, - so that we ought to be more warmly grateful to our instructors for their kindness in voluntarily increasing their duties. Old Harvard certainly deserves to be the largest real University in the country, for she seems never to tire of increasing and improving the opportunities she offers for intellectual development, and is doing her best to rank high, in more than mere numbers, among the educational institutions...
...students agree in this, that more information is needed in regard to electives, and it also shows that there is a willingness on the part of the Faculty to give this information as opportunity is given. In choosing our electives we are influenced too much by hearsay and report, and by the likes and dislikes that former classes have taken to instructors. If this pamphlet were issued we should elect courses instead of men. The prejudiced statements of men who have had the elective would be taken for what they are worth, and we should have a satisfactory description...