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...wilderness in which St. John preached. At one end of the court stands the Monument Tower, where all the college archives are kept, and next to it the Founder's Tower, lately restored and furnished throughout by Sir Gilbert Scott, the mist renowned restorator in England. To the right of these towers stands the chapel, a beautiful specimen of architecture, with its fine entrance porch covered with ivy. The interior, although fine, is not striking; the elaborately carved screen dividing it into two parts spoiling the symmetry of the aisles, while the stained glass windows are not particularly rich, most...
...decree issued at Berlin on Dec. 7, 1870, by the Royal Minister of Public Instruction, Dr. Von Muhler, granted to subjects of Prussia who had completed the full course of study in a Realschule of the first rank, the right of matriculation in the Philosophical Faculty of any Prussian University for the purpose of studying Mathematics, the Physical and Natural Sciences, or Modern Foreign Languages. By this removal of restrictions which heretofore had practically barred the way to University studies for those who had not received their preparatory training at a Gyninasium, a new set of requisitions for admission...
There is no doubt but that the crews, teams, and other organized bodies should have the first right to use the chest-weights in the gymnasium. That they should have the exclusive use of them during certain portions of every afternoon is a custom the justice of which may well be doubted. We are inclined to think that it is not quite fair for the unorganized mass of students, and wish to suggest a remedy. At the very time when there are most men in the gymnasium taking their regular exercise the weights can not be approached, as a usual...
...question of athletic sports in colleges. What practical results, if any, we may expect from this, conference it would not now be profitable to conjecture. There is in fact only one result that we can definitely hope for from such a meeting and that result certainly we have a right to expect. It is that the faculty will through the committee give some definite idea of what its policy in the matter of college sports at present is or is likely to become in the future. As to this question at present the college is in the profoundest doubt...
...some of my friends, whose fathers made their fortunes in Louisiana, have promised me they will give $300, 000 more to the university, but they will not do so if their donated property is to be taxed. Something ought to be done and done now to set this matter right...