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ALTHOUGH in the past several societies whose aim was the mutual improvement of members have had a sickly existence, an early death, or a hasty burial without funeral ceremonies, yet the establishment of such societies is always worthy of praise. It shows a healthy interest in important topics, a desire...
"I cannot conceive why Harvard dawdles with the demands of Columbia and Cornell to be admitted to the annual race on the Thames. Cornell is a polytechnic and industrial school, with no more claims to 'university' than the Troy or Boston Institute, or the one at Hoboken. . . . If we are...
THE Exonian comes to us regularly once a week, and is always readable. This may be owing to its size, which does not allow of long articles on deep subjects, - but whatever the cause, the result is most agreeable!
A student's room is sacred from intrusion. No master or proctor can insist on entering it, whatever may be his suspicions as to proceedings inside. In this respect Oxford is ahead of Harvard. The regulations meant to discourage dissipation and immorality are directed against the temptations of the town...
In the matter of scholarships, Harvard would do well to imitate Oxford. All of these - more than 700 in number and bringing in an aggregate of pound 60,000 annually - are bestowed for knowledge alone, and are sought as earnestly by the sons of the wealthy as by the poor...