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...matter of landscape gardening Harvard certainly does not excel. Much as we prize the beauty of the yard as it is, we think that there is still great room for improvement. It is but a few days since the authorities in a well-meaning way spread a nasty mess of muck over the entire yard, the odors arising from which being not only offensive but unhealthy. We would remind the fossiliferous yokel who has charge of the farming department of the university, that the fertilizer in question is now only used in the cultivation of potatoes and cabbages in rural...
...branch of his study before proceeding to the consideration of another, and for that reason it does the student a real benefit. As no time is more convenient for study than the present, and as a relief from the pressure of the mid-year examinations is exceedingly welcome, we think that one hour examinations are of great benefit, and that there is really no good reason for such strong objections to them as we frequently hear...
...representative Yale and Princeton men, which appeared in the Sunday Globe. When we recall the bitter feeling which was manifested on both sides after the game last Thanksgiving, and the wrangling which was carried on in the papers of the two colleges throughout the year, we cannot but think that a new era of good feeling and of honest, wholesome rivalry has dauned...
...student, passing through his course at either of these New England Academies, unless his choice is previously made, seldom hears a word in favor of Princeton. This, we think, is largely due to the fact that Princeton is not represented among the instructors in these institutions. Comparatively few Princeton men take up teaching as a profession. No system of pedagogics is taught in our college, while in New England the profession of teaching takes its place among the other professions of the day, and is given full consideration by each student as he makes his choice. Besides, previously...
...college is so fortunate in getting able men to occupy the chapel pulpit, and we believe that in this way the authorities will accomplish much more towards exciting an interest in and respect for all matters of religion among the students, than by any system of compulsion. We think that we can say with no small degree of certainty that, since Sunday attendance at church was made voluntary, quite as many of the students as formerly, perhaps more than formerly, have regularly attended church services...