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...have received a copy of an article in the School Bulletin, in which Mr. J. H. Allen, so well known as a scholar, has taken the trouble to reply in detail to the criticisms which Mr. D. T. Reilley, said to be of Rutgers College, made on a little book of Mr. Allen's called the "Latin Primer," and designed to "teach little children the elements of Latin as a living and flexible tongue, by familiar use in actual narrative and dialogue." Our readers may remember that we have already published an article which showed the unfairness of Mr. Reilley...
APROPOS of the President's wail over the lack of students at our Divinity School, we copy the following from the Academy, December 18: "Theology is evidently not a favorite study with the rising generation of Germans. At Heidelberg only nine of the 488 students have entered their names as attendants at the classes of the Theological Faculty. About twenty-five per cent of the students are foreigners: America contributing 39 names, England and Scotland 21, Russia and Switzerland respectively...
...School the most important event was the establishment of a new professorship and of an admission examination, the latter to take effect in the year 1877-78. In giving the reasons for this innovation, it is shown that, in addition to its necessity in a first-class school, an institution which has real prestige and power will make a money profit by raising its standard, the improved class of students greatly enlarging the reputation and influence of the institution. Here, again, the Western States have increased their representation, supplying now about one fourth of the students, while New England supplies...
...College Journal says that the judges of the Philadelphia courts have established a rule, admitting to the bar without examination all graduates of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. The same paper has a long editorial about Carlyle's supposed refusal of the honorary degree offered him by Harvard. Its moralization, and its aphorisms about "toadyism," are extremely amusing. The subject is treated with a gravity which reminds one of the discussion of the Cardiff Giant in recent English periodicals...
...unostentatious agony" about his costume than travelling musicians of the present day are apt to assume. Ferrando and Ruiz also were distinguished by the gorgeousness of their apparel. Inez was a most charming ladies'-maid, though her dress was not considered beautiful. Of the "girls of the female boarding-school" it is impossible to speak in terms of sufficient admiration. Their wonderful skill in managing their dresses, and the dignity of their French teacher, were features particularly praiseworthy...