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...fall, and unless something were done to remedy the existing evil, complaints next year would be many and frequent. Another inducement is the hope that if we possess some excellent courts, the inter-collegiate tennis tournament will very probably be played here next year. On account of these various reasons, we hope the efforts of the association in obtaining subscriptions will be ably seconded by the college at large...
...about with ease. On the first floor is the library, containing 2100 volumes, with room for many more, a large study with tables, and a smokingroom for the students, a faculty room, quarters for the janitor, and several smaller rooms. Above are the four lecture rooms, the various chemical, pathological and other laboratories, rooms for the curator and some of the professors, the Warren Museum, and the dissecting room, or "dead-man's hall." Of the lecture rooms, two are of double height, and in them the seats for the students rise above the lecturer in almost perpendicular tiers...
Nothing could better show that examinations are now upon us than the yard windows, late at night. Ordinarily the various dormitories stand out against the sky like great masses of gloom. relieved by only an occasional light; now the rooms whose darkened windows show that their occupants are not grinding, are the exceptions rather than the rule...
...gymnasium at Lassell Seminary will be opened this evening, when a concert will be given by the teachers of the various branches of music. After the musical entertainment, the new gymnasium will be open to inspection. This is already partially furnished, under the direction of Dr. Sargent of Cambridge, whose system is to be carried out by Miss Ransom, a graduate of his class for teachers. The physical exercises will form a part of the regular curriculum, being arranged for each pupil by measurement and tests of strength, and required as much as attendance at recitations...
...application. Their French colleagues, however, contend that the positions in hospitals obtainable by successful competitors in examinations ought to be reserved for Frenchmen-for those who "pay taxes; the blood tax above all." They would not go so far as to demand the exclusion of foreigners from the various lectures or courses, but they would like to see them denied the privilege of taking part in the competitive examinations. -[N. Y. Post...