Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore heads the list of American colleges, however, in generous provisions for advanced study. This young, but rich and prosperous institution, with an endowment of three and a half millions, provides twenty fellowships, each yielding an annual income of five hundred dollars. They are bestowed...
There are one or two customs of unique character retained at Oxford during Christmastide. At Magdalen College a quaint and remarkable entertainment is given on Christmas Eve. The company assemble in the college hall about nine o'clock in the evening, and the choir at once proceed to sing part...
If, as our recent correspondent, Mr. Webb, would have us assume, the Washington club blackballed Messrs. Greener and Terrell for other reasons than their color, the situation of the club at present is peculiarly unfortunate. Those reasons are evidently of such a nature that the club is unwilling to make...
Among other requirements, it is therein provided that the oath of the proper officer of the society or institution shall be produced, showing the character of the institution, and that the article was imported therefor, and is to remain as its permanent property, and is not for sale or distribution...
One of the most interesting walks in the vicinity of Cambridge, is the walk to Tufts College. Although Tufts is our nearest neighbor, it receives far less attention from us than many other colleges which are more widely separated from us. The college buildings are situated upon "a terminal moraine...