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...three thousand students enrolled at the University of Berlin, eight hundred are Americans...
...recent years, especially in the direction of the class-room and laboratory libraries, have largely increased its usefulness. The annual growth is perfectly steady, and. while increasing continually the number of old books, serves to keep the library fully abreast of the times. An average addition of about ten thousand volumes and the same number of pamphlets has come to be looked for annually. During the last college year 9606 volumes were added to the central building, as against 13365 for 1889-90, and 9045 for 1888-89. Two new department libraries were located in Harvard Hall, 2089 volumes being...
...Danish warrior's head. There is a tradition that the game was played in Derby to celebrate a third century victory over the Romans, and in 1829 the game there is described as played between parishes and as a kind of "cross-country" affair, with more than a thousand players. "Broken shins, broken heads, torn coats, and lost hats are among the minor accidents of this fearful contest." The eyewitness of this game goes on to say, "the crowd is encouraged by respectable persons attached to each party, who take a surprising interest in the result...
...generally felt to admit of more than one opinion regarding the scheme developed two years ago to supply the want. This plan, thanks to the individual energy of two or three men, was put into practical operation with such success as Mr. Williams' report shows. This twenty-two thousand dollars, the total of cash and funds pledged is a high tribute to the energy of the men who gave their time to the work, but the fact remains that it is only about two-thirds the amount requisite before the proposed addition to the library can be practically considered...
Congress can hardly be said to be organized until the call of States has been made. That call will be made a few days hence, and the four thousand or more bills that will then be presented will represent the bulk of the work which the present Congress will have to perform...