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...Wendell desires that the next Junior theme should be a summary of the plot or substance of some play novel, or speech. The student may select his own subject with the approval of the instructor. The following were suggested by Mr. Wendell at the lecture yesterday : Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Ivanhoe, Matthew Arnold's Essay on the Functions of Criticism, Tom Jones, Burke's speech on Conciliation with America, and Webster's speech on the White murder trial...
...Foot-Ball Association meets today. The only business of importance will probably be the awarding of the championship to Yale and the expulsion of Columbia. Although undoubtedly many important changes will be made in the rules this year, it is probable that in deference to Harvard's wishes the subject of changes will be postponed until in a later meeting in the spring, so that Harvard and the other colleges can discuss the subject of new rules at their leisure...
...subject whether or not the great preparatory schools have been fitting men in a too advanced degree for the freshman class is one that has been attracting some little notice. Recently we noticed an article in one of the school papers commenting on this fact, and it seemed rather inclined to believe in the affirmative. This is by far the most natural supposition and we are inclined to think it the correct one for several reasons. These advanced fittings are aimed to cover a large part of the work of freshman year if not quite all, while it is very...
...Cambridge, was present in Sanders Theatre Monday evening to hear an address by Professor Bryce one of the most active members of the English Parliment. Promptly at 7.30 President Eliot in a few complimentary remarks introduced the speaker of the evening, who immediate proceeded to take up the subject of his discourse which was "the methods of election to the English House of Commons." Professor Bryce said that he felt somewhat embarrassed in the discussion of his subject from the fact that he unfortunately knew too much about it. It is much easier to lecture upon a topic on which...
...this economy was directly owing to the tutor's supervisions, for every remittance passed through his hands. There are some very amusing letters between the tutor mentioned above and the mother of his "Pupil Anthony Gawdy" on the subject of whether it would be cheaper to have a dressing gown made at Cambridge or at home; and the pedagogue quite agrees with her ladyship in her letter where she states : "Whether I think it were not amiss if you willed him to defer yet making up of it till his coming home, which may happily save yet which ye Taylor...