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...fruitful one, and will doubtless be productive of results that will reveal much that is interesting in the growth of the language. But a comparative study of this nature demands the co-operative work of many persons if thorough results are to be secured Glossaries of the dialectical forms current in limited sections must be secured, and a careful study of the influences which gave origin to them be made. Those most actively connected with the work of the society are especially desirous that students be interested in the work, for they are in a position to render valuable assistance...
...current number of the Advocate appeared yesterday afternoon. With this issue the '89 board of editors resigns the management to the incoming '90 board, Under the charge of '89 the Advocate has had a well-defined and representative position among the university publications. Editorially it has been as fearless as firm in its treatment of college evils, and in all matters of general college interest the stand it has taken has been a most commendable one; in a literary way it has fully maintained the high standard which the Advocate has held in recent years. Mr. G. P. Wardner...
...sixty-two men in the senior class at Exeter, all but six will enter some college at the end of the current year. Twenty-six will come to Harvard, fourteen will go to Yale, four will go to Technology, two to Princeton, and the rest to the smaller colleges...
Another feature which will prove extremely interesting to visitors of the exposition will consist of an exhibit of American college publications. If possible, a reading-room will be fitted up containing back numbers of the various college papers on file, and current copies for the inspection of visitors and for the use of alumni at Paris. Photographs of the editorial staff will be hung on the wall, and as premiums will be awarded the best college publications, it is hoped that a very large number of papers will be exhibited. The CRIMSON has recently received one of Professor Parks' circulars...
When it was announced last year that Mr. Clark intended to establish and endow a university in Worcester, Mass., a great deal of anxiety amongst the officers of the leading New England colleges was the result. Newspapers also took up the matter, and the current opinion was that Mr. Clark could have made a better disposition of his wealth by giving it to some college or university already well-established, than by founding a new university. Again some leading educators said that it was not fair to Amberst, nor to Brown, nor in fact to Harvard, to establish...