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Professor N. S. Shaler has contributed a paper entitled "European Peasants in American Conditions," to the current number of American...
...vacancy in the list of Morgan Fellowships, and two or three in the list of college scholarships, for the current academic year, are found to exist. Applications should be addressed to the Academic Council and deposited at the office of the University, No. 5 University Hall, on or before Wednesday, October 3. Students already holding scholarships need not make application, as their claims for promotion will be fully considered by the committees having charge of the nominations...
...topic, which appears during the month in the pages of the college press. The first subject is, "Will the Collegian' interfere with the individual work of the College Press?" The eclectic and chronological pages keep space for all truly meritorious productions published in college periodicals, besides a record of current events...
...extreme effort, and public opinion would discountenance every victory by a trick. This trait of disinterested honesty gives a special interest to expressions of political opinion by college men. Moreover, as they are alert in forming opinions, an idea of what the progresive intelligence of the country thinks on current topics can best be gathered, short of the verdict of the polls, by knowing what the students think. Thus, if this year's college statistics be compared with those of earlier years, it is obvious that there will be some clue as to whether there is any change...
...Sons, New York. The book is distinctly meant for non-professional readers, and has the advantage of containing in concise form the history of the principal political events down to the present date. Mr. Sterne treats of the legislative, executive, and judicial departments, and then proceeds to discuss current questions and events, showing the changes which have been made in the course of development of the political situation of our country. In the appendix may be found the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution with the later amendments, the whole volume making a convenient reference book besides being good reading...