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Sixty-two new pupils have been added to the Indian training school at Carlisle...
Yale is trying hard to establish an illustrated paper which shall rival the Lampoon. Yet, although their efforts may eventually prove successful, the project meets with much opposition. This shows the small influence which the Yale Art School has had upon the mass of students. Although it is deemed of enough importance to be established as a separate department, it has really exerted less influence than our courses in Fine Arts under Professors Norton and Moore. The influence of these courses upon the Lampoon has been considerable,-some of the men who have studied in the regular courses making...
...foremost place in every country they visited. He was also struck by the elasticity of their system. By allowing advanced students to be examined in either literature, mathematics, or mental or moral science, they were singularly fortunate in avoiding two extremes, making their university neither an agglomeration of technical schools, nor a place for learning dead languages. A university should be a centre from which culture and enlightenment should radiate in all directions. He was, therefore, glad to see them exercising influence outside their walks in their normal school, in affiliated colleges and in the public examinations, which...
...constant possibility of war in the countries of Europe renders military training compulsory, and a term of service in the army is as necessary as a common school education. This is the more noticeable to us, as the United States having no warlike neighbors and being protected by vast oceans, requires no military discipline in her schools and colleges. The great strength of Germany is entirely due to this system; the result is that a knowledge of military tactics is general. In France the training schools are so arranged that comparatively few attain high rank and proficiency in the army...
...after entering the ranks any one wishes to attain some commission, an examination must first be passed; but if he has previously acquitted himself creditably at a preparatory military school, he may be promoted without being examined. After a fixed term of service the aspirant is then advanced to a higher division, where his military education is completed. If satisfactory he is promoted and finally receives his coveted commission. But if the officer is now especially ambitious, there is one more school where the highest positions in the service are awarded. The interest that the government takes in the training...