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...debate next Thursday, at the meeting of those who take English 6, will be at three o'clock. The subject for discussion will be: Resolved, that Cabinet Officers should be admitted to the floor of Congress. Mr. Gamaliel Bradford will open the discussion. All members of the University are invited...
...step in this direction was taken last year, when elementary courses were established in Political Economy and in Geology; the success of this measure is proved by the number of students who are taking advantage of these electives this year. There is a similar but greater need of such a course in Chemistry. The twenty lectures given in the Freshman year are so interesting that many would gladly pursue the subject further. Chemistry 1 is justly a popular course, but those who take it think that enough might be left out to make it count only two hours...
...abroad," which so often finds expression in America. At Oxford, the debates of the Union do much to keep alive an intelligent interest in matters that every gentleman must, sooner or later, be acquainted with. There, it is "the thing" to think and to talk about them, and to take part in the Union debates. Here, it is not; and this lies at the root of the matter. Until men who are prominent in college take the lead, as once they did, in giving a reasonable amount of attention to matters of general interest in the world, we shall have...
...boats will prevent much confusion that has existed in previous years. New bridges are being built to the floats, improvements have been made in the boat-house itself, and more seats are to be provided for spectators. We learn that the Executive Committee have engaged George Smyth to take charge of the boat-house, and we are glad that a responsible man, who thoroughly understands his business, and is competent to make all necessary repairs, is to have the direction of affairs. Heretofore no one has been accountable for any bad management, but we see no reason why the interests...
...impassable. He awoke one morning and found himself a professor, and he does not remember his years of chrysalis life. Do you imagine, though, that he is always in this elevated position? Oh no! every now and then, when he goes out into the world, he has to take off his stilts, for there the doors are not made high enough to let him through. And he, even he, is sometimes made to feel the littleness of man, as, for instance, at a party, where he has to beg a Freshman, whom he has delighted in torturing, to introduce...