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...world, expeditions were sent to far-away countries, and the depths of the sea were investigated. The ingenious investigator, who was always full of new ideas, had neither time nor patience for the sifting and arrangement of the extremely rich material: his son and successor undertook this task. As an administrator, Alexander Agassiz may be equaled only by a few; as a naturalist, he belongs, as his father did, to the first names of America. A large fortune makes it also possible for him to promote the interests of the museum financially. To him it must be attributed, that...
Captain Bob Cook, who undertook to coach the Yale crew this winter and spring, finds that he will be unable to devote the necessary amount of time to the work. Hull, the captain of last year's crew, has been persuaded to complete the task. Mr. Hull was the great exponent of the "yank," which proved so disastrous the last two years, and he has had to receive considerable instruction himself in the English stroke of Captain Cook. For this purpose he recently spent a fortnight in Philadelphia under the coaching of Mr. Cook and Mr. Wood, who performed...
Yale is calling for greater exertions on the part of undergraduates to work for the Mott Haven contest. They want to get out all the available material, but find it a difficult task...
...year are nearly completed, and they have passed off as a whole with but little friction and unnecessary inconvenience. The college at large is to be congratulated on the results. But pleasant as it may be for those who have completed, or almost completed, this trying undertaking, a hard task remains for quite a number of men. It seems hard that the examinations in two such courses as History XII. and History XIII. should come on these two successive days at the end of the examination period. These two courses cover contemporary periods in the history of Europe and America...
...answer. We can assure our anxious friend, however, that the college has, in its own opinion, sufficiently provided for the safety of its students under these circumstances by a liberal distribution of staples throughout the college buildings. We believe the authorities have not as yet, however, undertaken the difficult task of awakening every student in case of fire, but under the rapid strides of improvement in our government we can confidently look forward to the time when this will form a regular part of the duties of some official. Until that time we beg our "anxious friend" to calm himself...