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...call earnest words from the distinguished men present, among whom may be mentioned Henry W. Sage, a man to whose liberality Cornell owes Sage College and much besides, Ezra Cornell, Chancellor Winchell of Syracuse University, Moses Coit Tyler, Goldwin Smith, Colonel Homer B. Sprague, President Angell of Ann Arbor, Dr. W. D. Wilson, Prof. Babcock, architect, and President White. Since the opening of Sage College the number of young women who have availed themselves of the privileges of Cornell University has steadily increased. At the last commencement two Baccalaureate degrees were awarded to ladies, while two received master's degrees...
...Clouds of Aristophines" is now in the process of electrotyping. This edition is based on the well known German edition of Kock. The "Clouds" will be followed by Sophocles "Antigone" based on the edition of Wolff. The "Antigone" is to be edited by Prof. D'Ooge, of Ann Arbor. The object of this series which is being issued under the joint editorship of Prof. J. W. White of Harvard and Prof. Packard of Yale, is to furnish a number of editions of Greek authors with sound and practical notes, based on the best recent German editions. The notes...
...Although the article contains nothing new, it incidentally mentions the growing importance of political study in a college course as a means of preparation for active political or journalistic life. This fact has been recognized by many of the universities of the country, and already at Columbia and Ann Arbor have been established schools of political science, whose special object is to train men for engaging in active politics. Although it seems that the scare at Harvard about the reduction of the courses in the subject had little foundation in fact, it is certain that this university has made...
...long ago, President Angell, of Michigan University, after most earnestly recommending the system of co-education, proudly pointed to the fact that a good proportion of the women graduates of Ann Arbor are holding conspicuous positions as medical practitioners or teachers, among them being the president and five other members of the faculty of Wellesley College. - [N. Y. Mail...
...disguise the fact, the question is becoming more and more a vital one for educational institutions. The recent attempt to introduce women into Columbia College is but one of the many indications of the feeling at present pervading the country Although we cannot believe that the experiments at Ann Arbor and Cornell have as yet received sufficient trial to prove the ultimate success of a system of complete co-education, still such institutions as the Harvard Annex and Girton, young as they are, have proved that the opposition urged to the higher education of women must soon be a thing...