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...most marked additions of the new issue. But perhaps the most striking change is the large number of new names which appear in the lists of the upper classes. Many of the new men are graduates of other colleges. The aggregate number of students of the whole university is somewhat larger than that of last year, and evidences the growing influence of the university. The percentage of students from the West and South is much larger than that of previous years. The catalogue as a whole is, perhaps, better than the last; it certainly contains a more satisfactory resume...
...year shows that the expenses of the college greatly exceeded the income. While one or two departments of the college succeeded in registering a slight surplus over their expenses, the academical department ran greatly in arrears. Various reasons have been assigned for the deficit, but the cause is yet somewhat in doubt. Some remarks have been made connecting the matter with the recent resignation of President Porter. But this explanation can be hardly satisfactory And yet the college, if we may judge from the unprecedented size of the present freshman class, has before it as bright prospects as the management...
...truth, and it explains no double-distilled fancy, no abstract principle of theoretical freedom, but simple unadorned and convincing facts. What of the fact that the angel of our Eden forbids those residing without prayer limits admission to our sanctuary, what of the fact that we are somewhat chilly at our devotions, even within our ulsters? Have we not the privilege of attending twenty-seven, or there-abouts, recitations in ethics, Sanscrit, and Bible interpretation? Let us render thanks unto our new defender...
...suffered, apparently, from lack of practice. The conception was good, but there were a number of blemishes in the execution, especially in the second and last movements which were characterized by considerable indistinctness and untunefulness. The third movement received a treatment more in accordance with its noble character. The somewhat hackneyed variations on the "Russian Hymn" were exquisitely played, as was also Mendelssohn's canzonetta, an exceedingly bright and delicate composition. In the Schubert quartet was found the best work of the evening, taking all things into consideration. The first movement, particularly, was given with admirable fire and spirit...
...rules regarding failures and deficiencies have been somewhat changed. Rules...