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...possibility that the University of the City of New York will, at commencement, two weeks hence, bestow upon Governor Butler the degree of LL. D., which Harvard denied him. "The university," says the Mail, "is struggling to obtain $250,000 as a fund to mark the celebration of its semi-centennial, and who knows but that Governor Butler, who years ago erected one of the finest monuments in Greenwood Cemetery, might reward the courtesy of a LL. D. from the New York university with a handsome gift to the institution, so near which he is to sleep the last long...
...Society, the oldest of the college Greek letter secret fraternities, was founded at Union College in 1825. Its first chapter was planted at Williams College in 1833, among the founders at Williamstown being the late United States Senator James Dixon of Connecticut. The Williams chapter is to celebrate its semi-centennial this year in connection with the college commencement. A public reception will be given on the evening of July...
...there can be no difference of opinion. That he should impute the meanest of motives to his opponents, and should indulge in the most scurrilous language in relation to their action, is by no means surprising nor unexpected when we consider the notorious character of the man and the semi-political bearing of the occasion. But that, after the manner of the cheapest politician, the Governor of Massachusetts, in a newspaper interview, should indulge in bombastic threats against Harvard College - this, certainly, is a matter in which no Harvard man can afford to take an indifferent interest...
...where this treatment is preferable are comparatively few in number and could easily be rearranged so as to harmonize with the new plan. At present, as a matter of fact, the majority of our courses are divided into two partially or completely distinct portions by the present system of semi-annual examinations. Why could not this division be carried one step further and all courses be made half-yearly courses? Such an arrangement, we firmly believe, would be likely to produce far more satisfactory results than the present one. If it were possible to give a more concentrated attention...
...Springfield Republican has the following: "The Boston Advertiser semi-officially demonstrates that Harvard University will continue to honor the chief executive office of the State, by giving the degree of LL. D. to the man who happens to hold it at present. Thereupon the Journal raises this warning: 'There will be more than one will changed when Harvard College confers a degree upon Gov. Butler.' Will 'our university' allow itself to be bulldozed...