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...admit, as some of our Western friends would seem to wish to have us do, that the difference in degree in the comparative amount of instruction in the regular course of the larger universities, as Yale, the University of Michigan and Harvard, and in the smaller colleges of the West, is really inconsiderable. Each class works its own work, but it is mere pretence to claim that the work of both is equal. The mere statement of courses catalogued, of authors read and of subjects treated, is often deceptive and is no criterion. The real difference, indeed, is so great...
...learn that Oscar Wilde has been getting off "the Greek statue in your gymnasium" grind away out West at the University of Nebraska...
...great deal of difficulty was experienced before the final plans were approved and accepted, owing to the peculiar needs of the school, and desire of the donor to make it the most complete and elegant structure of its kind in the country. The site chosen is to the north-west of the new gymnasium, on Holmes place, and adjoining the Holmes mansion. The exterior dimensions of the building are 216 by 97 feet, the front steps being within 50 feet of the driveway. Looking at the structure from the front, the first noticeable thing which strikes...
...large lecture room 42 by 48, corresponding to one of the same dimensions in the westerly wing of the building. Coming back to the vestibule and going through the door at the northerly side, toward the rear of the building, the large hall is entered running nearly east and west, leading from one wing to the other, and furnishing communication between the large lecture rooms. This hall is lighted by a circular bay window at either end, and the effect of the hall is very much added to by a circular column of polished granite which sustains the centre...
...work of hunting the hostiles in the South-West is being actively pursued, with repeated encounters and successes by the troops...