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...country. In an address, delivered some few days ago at the lying of the corner stone of a student society hall, he took occasion to make some statements, which, on that account, deserve attention. "The problem of housing students." he says especially in American universities, has long been a serious one. To coop them up in large dormitories or barracks, with possibly a tutor or young professor to act as policeman over them, has always been a fruitful cause of disorder. So fully is this recognized that, where it is possible, dormitories have been frequently done away with...
...obliged to carry his own boat, the canvass canoe will be found to best answer the purpose, as it is ragged on a wooden frame which folds up into a small compass. They are usually square at the ends and are consequently slow sailors. Moreover, there is one serious objection to them, as the writer has learned from real experience, and it is this-a canvass canoe which weighs when new only twenty pounds will, after a month's knocking about, be found to greatly increase in weight. This may be avoided if the precaution is taken...
...batting was heavy. Phillips and LeMoyne, especially, batted Gunderson's delivery with the utmost ease. There was one serious fault in our playing, and that was the base running, which was altogether too rash. Something ought to be done about it. The umpiring was weird...
...editorial on the proposed American Academy has called forth a communication, which we print in another column. We think our correspondent takes too serious a view of the matter. No one proposes at present to establish an academy as far as we know, and we think the time is yet far distant when such an academy would be advisable. In fact if there were such an academy, it is our opinion that it should be an academy of the English speaking peoples, and that America should unite with England in its formation. As the purpose of such an academy...
...hoped that not only Harvard students, but all persons interested in the University will give it due consideration. If properly considered, the question will be settled mainly by the college graduates and students of the Country, and Harvard should come in for her share.-There remain, however, many other serious objections to the form and spirit of the French Academy which ought to be discussed before we accept it as our model...