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...gentle intimation recently put forth by the Daily Advertiser, the alleged special mouthpiece of Harvard University, that some of the social features which have hitherto marked the observance of commencement day at the university were no longer to be tolerated within the college precincts, has made a commotion among the alumni scarcely less profound than that occasioned by the action of the overseers in refusing to confer an honorary degree on Governor Butler. The exact meaning of this semi-official utterance was not fully understood at first, but the plain English of it was taken to be that the flowing...
...commissioned officers and crew of the Arctic steamer Jeannette have been honorably discharged from that special service, and each one given a medal of honor...
What has been said applies with more or less aptness to the neutrals who, of course, have not their special places of resort, nor, in many cases, the abundance of resource which, here at least, belongs so peculiarly to the fraternity man. The desire for social enjoyment is also met in many cases by the combining of fellows of like tastes and pursuits in little groups, musical clubs, German clubs, Shakespeare clubs and numerous other like organizations suggested by the social impulse of the student mind...
...arranged the student at the University of Pennsylvania has at the end of the sophomore year the choice of three distinct fields: He may continue in the regular academic course; he may study for a diploma in science or in the special line of mechanical or civil engineering, or he may in the school of finance fit himself for business life. In this last course the studies include political economy, constitutional law, mercantile law and practice, the history and laws of finance, legislation and administration, and the theory and practice of accounting, as well as general literature, history and modern...
...supposed loss of popularity which is to accrue to Harvard College because its overseers, acting in the performance of the duties of their office, have not thought it proper to confer the degree of doctor of laws upon Governor Butler. We do not suppose that the overseers gave any special thought to the popularity or the unpopularity of their act. They had a simple duty to perform, and they performed it; and to suppose that the college is to lose its hold upon the public regard because the gentlemen in charge of its affairs do not hold its honors...