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...success, as, for instance, shown by History II. and Philosophy II. At the last lecture in Philosophy II., Prof. James expressed himself as greatly pleased with the new method by which the course was now conducted, both from the work accomplished and the interest manifested, and other similar statements show the same feeling among the faculty. With such precedents as these, it seems most advisable that the old method be done away with altogether and all the remaining half-courses brought into conformity with the new. When the work men do, and the interest they feel in a course...
...contact with the walls and balustrades. Bad as this custom is under ordinary circumstances, how much worse it would be in cases of fire or even of sudden illness during the night. The expense would be small to leave one jet burning all night, and it would at least show the belated student the stairs...
...21st. inst." Whilst American colleges for the education of women, such as Vassar, Smith, and Wellesley, have honored many women with appointments as professors and instructors, and Wellesley has a woman at its head, English female colleges have hitherto been contented with gentlemen. This is only another example to show how much farther woman has progressed in this country than in England, especially in self-independence. Not only in the matter of instructors are American women ahead of their sisters across the water, but in the number of colleges devoted to women's education and in the number of students...
...Century, does not come up to the expectations of his admirers; although the story started out in a bright and interesting style, the later numbers are hopelessly dull. The fact that two of the writers in the current Century are recent Harvard graduates, and the success of Life, show that in the fields of literature at least young Harvard graduates are making themselves known...
...been having further trouble. About noon last Monday he was discovered perambulating through the entries of Witherspoon Hall, entering rooms the occupants of which were absent. He claimed to be looking for certain phrenological charts which were torn from the walls by the crowd who broke up his show, and which he believed were concealed in some of the students' rooms. He was summarily ejected by the college police, as the college law forbids strangers the privileges of the buildings unless accompanied by students or having obtained permission from the same. After some altercation, the unfortunate scientist went...