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...Wednesday, Dec. 12, the Rev. William S. Rainsford, D.D., of St. George's Church, New York, will deliver an address at the second University meeting in Peabody Hall, Boooks House. This will be the first of a series af addresses which will be given during the year by prominent clergymen of different denominations on subjects of vital interest to college...
...track games of the U. of P., held on Saturday, several records were broken and all the performances were of a high grade af excellence. Tewkesbury did 10 seconds for the 100 yards dash from scratch. Fetterman won the mile walk in the very fast time of 6m. 43s. In the running broad jump, W. P. Remington bettered his record of last week by an inch, jumping 23 ft. 5 1-2. This is within an inch of the world's record for that event. McCracken put the shot 43 ft. 1 in. and threw the hammer...
...four of the graduates of 1851 have achieved notable successes: William L. Jones, professor of geology in the University af Georgia; Joseph Le Conte, professor of geology and natural history in the University of California; John D. Runkle, professor of mathematics in Mass. Institute of Technology; and David A. Wells, the famous economist...
...clock a business meeting was held, the main business being the consideration of a letter from Mr. W. C. Sabine af Harvard College, asking the advice of the association on the proposed changes in the Harvard entrance conditions in physics. The matter was finally referred to a committee of five, to be appointed by the president. The proposed changes will be in the direction of making the conditions more flexible, and better adapted to the needs of students doing home laboratory work. Two new members were elected. Messrs Holden of Charlestown and Hartwell of Fitchburg...
...must be remembered that on an average a newspaper has five readers for every copy of an issue. Thus a circulation af 200,000 means an audience, if we may so use the word of 1,000,000. Moralizing on such figures as the above is too easy, let each do that for himself...