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...attendance at the German universities has been increasing of late years to an extent which causes alarm in some quarters. The number of students has gone up from 15, 113 in the summer of 1872 to 23,834 in the summer of 1882. This increase amounts to no less than 57.6 per cent. That the demand of modern life for men of education has increased to such an extent as this is regarded as more than doubtful by many authorities. An official warning has just been issued against students taking up the law as a profession, as its ranks...
Harvard has challenged us to a four-mile race next summer, and we have accepted. Therefore, the difficulty of last summer is practically settled. We shall not trump up old issues and argue as to the advisability of having accepted this challenge, but since the die has been cast and the crew pledged to row, we call on every man to lay aside personal prejudice and to support the crew to the best of his ability. Many men are probably not satisfied that Harvard has made due reparation in sending a challenge without an accompanying apology. They therefore deem...
...hills and the summer...
...made money enough in Virginia City, last spring, to set me going," continued Travers, "and the family were so delighted that they came out to California to spend the summer. They have been travelling around, seeing the sights, and are now here in town staying at the best hotel in the place," and he pointed across the street to a large tent, backed by a brush shanty. "It was a risky thing to do, especially bringing along Elsie, my sister, who is just thirteen, and prettier than she used to be. But I am one of the 'prominent citizens' here...
...does the College lay a brick walk in front of Holworthy, and then arrange the spouts from the roof of the building so that they discharge directly upon the walk, giving us an inch or two of water in summer and an icy sheet in winter...