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...their studies, and except in the schools of law and medicine, there is essentially no prescribed course. The university is also open to all comers without the formality of examination; the rigorous mid-term and final lests being relied upon to keep the scasses weeded. It is another singular feature of the regime that, save the long summer intermission, there is no vacation, nor a single holiday with the exception of Christmas. Thanksgiving, New year's, Washington's birthday are simply the last Thursday in November, January 1, and February 22, to the stern calendar in vogue here, and Saturday...
...singular fact that the important subject of hygiene has never, until now, been included in the curriculum of the Harvard Medical School, which may rightfully lay claim to being considered the first institution of the kind in the country. The omission is the more remarkable in view of the fact that in some of the Western States, where medical practitioners are obliged to secure a license from the State before practising in it, proficiency in hygiene is prescribed as one of the requisites for admission to practice; so that a graduate of the Harvard Medical School hitherto might justly...
...earnest protest of the Vassar graduates against the plan pursued in that college bears upon a singular part of our modern educational training. The protest was moderate and strong in both meaning and language, and deserves careful attention from every parent. The author (who had herself won the first place in the graduating class and was therefore entitled to speak) urged that the system of placing "honors" at graduation before the pupil at her entrance into school as the chief object of her endeavors "induced a nervous strain incompatible with her highest physical or mental development. The system...
...along the ground midway between the posts. After some minutes hesitation this goal was not allowed by the umpire, who stated that he had not been able to follow the course of the ball. As he was stationed at the posts for that purpose only, his statement was a singular one. Had this goal been allowed, Harvard would certainly have won. Time was called at the end of the hour with nothing scored...
...Brown student who was searching, a few days ago, for a missing piece of property in the dismantled interior of University Hall noticed among the ruins of the chimney an old document of singular appearance, which curiosity led him to examine closely. It is a deed to six and a half acres of land, called the Black Fields, in Miteham, Sussex, England, and is dated Lady Day, March, 1651. Brown University was founded in Sussex, England, and subsequently removed to Rhode Island, and it is thought possible that the ancient parchment which has just been brought to light...