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...understand it, this new departure in the matter of prizes is intended to supply a long felt want, by instituting a series of "scholarships" in athletics, very much as we have a system of scholarships for literary excellence. To explain: let us suppose that a man comes to Cornell with but a meagre allowance of cash, and mental abilities, but with a plentiful endowment of muscle. It is tolerably obvious that, under the old-time order of things, his progress to knowledge will be beset with difficulties of a financial nature. But under the new system no such hindrance exists...
...college authorities do not want to take hold of this plan in a business like way, the students, in some united capacity should start it at least. The many advantages of some such system are evident on the face. Let something be done to realize them...
...incidental advantages to be gained is a certain amount of that preparation for journalism, the want of which is so much felt just now. The two requisites of a journalist are, a knowledge of events that are occupying public attention, and the power to write well upon them. Our theme courses furnish us with the latter, this plan affords us the chance of getting the former...
...course where a large number of men are compelled to use the same reference books, there is always more or less delay experienced by each student consequent upon the small number of books which can be consulted. This want of reference books is particularly noticeable in the course in Prescribed English. The works reserved are few in number, and far from satisfactory in their selection. There is reserved but one copy of the works of Goldsmith, and the most important volume of this copy has not yet appeared. Unless a better selection in respect to the authors under study...
...still a selfish disregard of their rightful claims, because of their helplessness, on the part of their more money-getting brethren, which savors of meanness and hypocrisy in a community which is forever pointing with pride, as the nation would say, to their schools and their colleges. We want for Harvard College, to place her professors and other insturctors on a proper footing, just to them and creditable and secure for us, $60,000 more per annum, or something over $1,000,000; and now is the opportunity you New Yorkers have been longing for to endow your alma mater...