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...which, like all other goods, possesses some grain of evil that cannot be avoided. In one exchange the methods of assigning scholarships at German, English and American schools are thoroughly discussed, and the relative results derived are thoughtfully compared by the writer who endeavors to show - but we must confess with little attention to the facts he himself presents - that the practice of giving comparative per cents. is an absolute necessity in American schools, if one fully understands the apathetic character of the general American student...
...rather University, is placed in a handsome structure of granite, near the entrance of the college yard. But what I want to speak of especially is the perfect management of the distribution of books. I have visited nearly all the prominent libraries of Europe and America, but I must confess that I was never so forcibly impressed with the perfection to which library management can be brought as I was at the Cambridge institution." The writer then explains the system of delivery by cards, &c., and says that "one of the greatest charms is the unfailing and uniform politeness...
...sounds well, we confess, to have it said that the authorities of a university acknowledge women the intellectual equals of men, and admit them to equal privileges and rights; but there are many beautiful abstractions which are found woefully deficient when put into practice. Co-education is one of them. While its effects upon young men are perhaps not very pernicious, there are not many girls who would derive advantageous results from it. Experience has shown this to be true, and all the fine-worded, high-flown resolutions and sermons cannot make it otherwise. Doubtless a matured woman with mind...
...feel "blue" the instant he enters it, it would become a true commons, where would resort the most of the men in college, to pass what would become the pleasantest hour of the day. I trust that you will give this communication a place in your columns, although I confess that it may seem very much of an innovation which I advocate. Yours...
...bicycle was a practical road machine for all seasons of the year. The writer gave his experience in winter riding, an asserted that he found very little difficulty in making fair time on the snow. Winter riding on a bicycle may be enjoyable to some, but we must confess a weakness for a sleigh. Numb fingers, slippery going, and frequent and unavoidable falls and dismounts do not seem to us the most enjoyable features of bicycling. Winter, in our opinion, is the time to give the bicycle a rest and to be contented with the old-fashioned sleigh. Bicycling...