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...graduate of Yale. One of his pupils was an Indian named Samson Occum, who afterwards because an effective preacher. He was Wheelock's prize scholar. Occum was a success, and Wheelock felt encoured, until in 1761 it has eleven pupils. More money was wanted and obtained, as well as various gifts, including two acres of land and a bell weighing eighty pounds for the use of the school, from a gentleman in London. The Indian, Occum, went to England and created a sensation. He preached so effectually that the Earl of Dartmouth L50. About L10,000 was raised...
There will be a meeting this evening of the executive committees of the various athletic organizations. Time, 7 o'clock, in 41 Matthews...
...Athletic Committee of the Princeton College faculty, consisting of Prof. Rockwood, Sloane, Scott, Osborne, and Young, held two meetings last Wednesday for the consideration of the resolutions offered at the Intercollege Convention in New York regarding college athletics. At the noon meeting representatives of the various branches of athletics in the college were entertained by the committee and permitted to state their opinions. The second meeting, at 5 o'clock, it was expected, would decide the attitude of the Princeton faculty towards the resolutions. Final action was not then taken, however...
...University Clubs which exist in nearly all of the great cities. The success of the University Club of New York is well known. The University Club, of Philadelphia, it is said, has not only social prominence but is famous for its lectures, delivered by the graduates of the various colleges who form its membership. In many ways such as this the usefulness of college graduates as graduates is promoted...
...faculty receptions entirely informal have been introduced. The first was last Saturday, and the custom promises to become quite popular. It has become evident that the boating interests there are necessarily to remain at a standstill, unless somebody puts his hand in his pocket for a new boathouse and various other requisites. Whether the alumni are on the point of making such sacrifice will soon be shown by a circular letter calling for funds for new accommodations on the river and for the maintenance of the crew...