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...Catholic or American University is to be located at Washington, D. C. The endowment now in sight is nearly $1,000,000. The founders will not be content with a support insufficient to produce an income of from $300,000 to $400,000; which is the aggregate outgo for any one of the leading universities of England or Germany. The work intended in science, especially in chemistry, engineering and abstruse mathematics, will be abreast with that done in the eading German universities...
...fencing has in Germany, and in the immediate vicinity of the college it is practiced at the approach of the winter meetings to such an extent that three men make its instruction a specialty. As to dancing, I can only say that it would be a very amusing sight to see college men dancing under the supervision of a teacher...
...Shakspere Club, which it is supposed takes the place of last year's "Shakespeare" Club, the '88 Glee Club, the university and '88 chess Clubs, and the '86 Whist Club all appear as new organizations. The Art Club by its large membership, gives evidence of real prosperity; and the sight of the Harvard Monthly among the college publications is most welcome...
Completely crazed at the sight of so unexpected a piece of good luck, the Princeton supporters burst into the field and interrupted the progress of the game by their frantic jubilation. When the field was cleared, R. Hodge readily kicked a goal. Yale men appeared completely dazed at this reverse of fortune, and though Beecher made a beautiful run when the ball was again kicked off, there was little appreciation of it among the mournful spectators. After some unimportant play, Referee Camp mercilessly called "time," and Yale was defeated for the second time since the formation of the inter-collegiate...
...interest in recitations. There is really a widespread opinion that this indifference manifested is worthy of some sort of action. Yet how different are the facts. Thursday, a few minutes before twelve, members of the upper classes on their way to recitation were surprised and dazed at a wonderful sight. Fifteen or twenty men left University at that moment and started on a dead run in the direction of Harvard street. A half dozen more joined the troop at Weld, and as History 2 was just pouring forth its hosts, at least thirty men went from among them...