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...spite on undergraduates, has overreached himself, and is having an unpleasant experience. This morning the Cincinnati Gazette said concerning Vickers: "Rebuked by the directors, unsupported by the faculty, disliked by undergraduates, dispised by the alumni, looked upon with aversion by the teachers of Woodward, Hughes and other preparatory schools, obnoxious to a large number of the patrons of the school, his hold on the rectorship is certainly feeble. Like Tantalus, he reached out after fruit which has constantly cluded his grasp. Like the Samian king, he left a cup untasted to pursue game he failed to secure, and has verified...
...invested with the power to arrest; two justices with the power to try, and two attorneys with the power to prosecute. A senate, composed of twenty-one members enacts the necessary laws. Such an institution creates an air of independence, a feeling of responsibility, and serves as an excellent school. - [Academia...
Michigan University contains 1534 students, divided as follows: Department of literature, science and the arts, 521; medicine and surgery, 380; law, 371; school of pharmacy, 88; homoeopathic medical college, 88; college of dental surgery, 86. Thirty-two States and five territories are represented, Michigan ranking first in point of numbers, with 680, Ohio second, 162, Illinois third, 121, and New York fourth, 117. There are 15 students from Massachusetts and also a number from the Canadian provinces and other foreign countries. Both sexes are admitted, but the number of women is small in comparison with the males. The department...
There are 239 men in the Columbia Law School...
...hundred thousand dollars has been subscribed for the new Law School professorship, $90,000 of which was given by one man, whose name is not published. Mr. O. W. Holmes, Jr., has been asked to fill the chair...