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...proposed by the faculty to introduce a system of honors, a system which Cornell has been heretofore almost wholly, and perhaps happily, without. Our only prize of special value at present is the Woodford prize in oratory, amounting to $100, and open to seniors. By the new plan two sets of examinations will be held toward the end of the college year, one of which will be for midcourse honors, open to sophomores, the other for final honors, open to seniors...
...university for women in Cambridge do not seem promising. The arguments advanced on behalf of women for their admission to the privileges of this university of course have considerable force. Nevertheless, it may be doubted whether they overthrow the many objections to the advisability of co-education as a system. If, indeed, it should actually occur that in some future year the annex, then become a great and flourishing women's college, should make application for admission under the general government of the university, then it might be advisable to allow its petition. Not, it is to be hoped, should...
...Hoar and Mr. Dana. There was a general discussion upon the merits of the candidate, which reached back and forward. This young gentleman - younger then than now - listened and gradually grew merry with the thought of the perturbation which the planetary orb of Butler was producing in the political system. He was not a friend of Butler - then or now - but the gravity of his companions at the table, instead of oppressing him, seemed to create a mirthful disposition. The character of Butler he did not greatly admire, and he no more rejoiced in the "Widow's" candidacy than...
...committee appointed by the State senate to investigate the system of making corners in grain and dealing in futures, with reference to its effects upon commerce and its influence upon the public welfare, convened at Buffalo, N. Y., yesterday...
...Study of the English Bible in its Literary and Secular Aspect, and the due place of such study in a system of Liberal Education. Professor Bowen. Sever...