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Colonel T. W. Higginson, in his lecture last evening in Sever 11, said that the number of men actually engaged in literature as a profession in the United States was small, and, even with the addition of the journalists, amounted to only thirteen thousand. This is not remarkable, as the profession of literature is of recent origin, and only the vast extension of printing in the last forty years has rendered it possible. Every man must choose his occupation with reference to his own natural gifts. If wealth is the only object of life, not literature but all the professions...
...James Arnold. This gentleman stipulated that a professorship of tree culture should be established; and since then 137 acres of the Bussey property has been devoted to the culture of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, which adds greatly to the intrinsic value of this professorship. A library of three thousand books on subjects relating directly to character of the establishment gives a student ample opportunities for collateral reading. Judging from recent improvements, and past results of excellent work, the future of the Bussey Institution is certainly promising...
...Patton's inauguration, which will take place during commencement week and which will of course add greatly to the interest of the exercises. The coming commencement is expected to be the most brilliant for many years and from the letters already received it is thought that over a thousand alumni will gather to see Dr. McCosh step out and Dr. Patton step in the president's chair...
...which overhangs the city on the south. From here can be seen the far stretching plains, the Nile and the desert, with the pyramids beyond and close beneath domes and minarets of the city. The Moslem University, or Mosque of Azhar, was founded 900 years ago and has several thousand pupils, who pay no tuition; nor do the shieks, or professors, receive any salaries. The course is usually three years...
...library, beginning on Monday, March 5th, at 2 p. m., and continuing daily from 2 to 5 o'clock until the lot is disposed of. These volumes are duplicates which have accumulated in the library of the Divinity School. The books, of which there are about two thousand, are chiefly on theology, philosophy and Greek philology. There are early editions of Trommius, Wetstein, Devarius and other eminent grammarians and theologians...