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...spirit of manliness and of self-reliance. He was glad to be able to state that at present the relations between the faculty and the students were more cordial than formerly, and that the university was becoming every day more national; the number of New England students was decreasing, whilst the number of those from the south and west was increasing. In conclusion, he felt confident that their ambition that Harvard should become a national university, and not a New England one merely, would be fulfilled in the lifetime of those present. "Fair Harvard" was then sung by those assembled...
...Oxford Association for the Education of Women, and the name of Mrs. Marshall appears in the notice of lecturers issued for the next term. Her subject is Political Economy, under the sub-title of 'Labor, the Economic Conditions of its Well-being,' and the course commenced on 21st. inst." Whilst American colleges for the education of women, such as Vassar, Smith, and Wellesley, have honored many women with appointments as professors and instructors, and Wellesley has a woman at its head, English female colleges have hitherto been contented with gentlemen. This is only another example to show how much farther...
...California University as to the most useful method of furnishing or endowing a scholarship in the name of the Harvard Club of San Francisco. This association has always entertained the most friendly feelings towards the university at Berkeley, and has more than once expressed itself in this direction, and whilst its affection for Harvard never diminishes-but is constantly on the increase, if any one may judge from the growing membership and activity of the club-it recognizes the duty California men owe to California institutions, and stands ready to do a share in the work...
Gladstone was always merry enough; but he was not one of those boys who can be called "merry fellows." Whilst he edited his magazine he used to stupefy his fags by his prodigious capacity for work. Most of his writings were calm in language, and breathe a conservative spirit; they also evince a rather nervous preoccupation on the part of the writer as to what his readers will think of them. The words "Benevolent Public," "Potent Dispenser of Fame," etc., recur very frequently. The graver pieces are those in which he displays most force; in humorous passages his pen does...
That they must drink porter whilst I can drink wine...