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...held, have elected Prof. Harrison E. Webster, instructor in geology and natural history in the University of Rochester, to the presidency. Prof. Webster graduated at Union in 1868, and was a tutor and instructor at that college until 1883. He then went to Rochester. He was the favorite candidate among the students, and his election was received with great delight. On the arrival of the new president in Schenectady last Wednesday evening he was met by the students in a body and escorted to the campus while the college bell was rung, the college cheer given and a great bonfire...
...will be several changes in the distribution of courses incident on the absence of Profs. Bocher and Palmer. Professor Lovering's course, Physics A, will be given by Profs. Trowbridge, B. O. Pierce, Hall, and Dr. Whiting. The courses in physics will be much altered, and these changes are among the most important in the list of courses...
...congratulated on the entire success of the races that took place yesterday under its direction. The number of entries was large enough to make the races interesting, and the events were well contested. The Canoe Club has shown unusual energy this year, and now holds a more prominent place among the University clubs than ever before. There is a plan on foot that the members of the club attend the meet of the American Canoe Association at Lake George this summer. We hope the project will be carried out and that Harvard will be well represented at Lake George...
...Veteran's Death" is a revival of the later Napoleonic days, when the hero himself was in exile at St. Helena, and Paris was in the hands of his most hated enemies. It is a touching story of that devotion to a great chief so common among old soldiers. Even in his leader's deepest misfortune the veteran remains faithful. Despite a somewhat sudden transition in the death scene the story is realistic and fires the reader with a thrill of martial enthusiasm...
...Among the books lately published in the series of English History from Contemporary Writers, Senior de Mountfort and His Cause is one of the most interesting. This edition of historial subjects is a very happy idea and cannot fail to recommend itself to students interested in this branch of study. Such publications admit of a more elaborate and specific study of the details of the occurrence of early English history, and are therefore necessarily of value to the reading world. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York...