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Over a thousand invitations were sent out for the junior ball, which was one of the most successful social events ever held in the College Hall...
...recent addition of a section to the University Museum brings to light more widely than ever the remarkable growth of this department of Harvard under the guidance of the present curator, Alexander Agassiz, LL. D. It is since Mr. Agassiz's appointment in 1874 that the Museum has been most rapidly enlarged both in buildings and connections. Under his curatorship, also, the Museum of Comparative Zoology has been so arranged and remodelled as to leave to Mr. Agassiz's successor, should he resign, as he at present intends, a thoroughly manageable institution with a distinct policy and an income adequate...
...indoor athletic meeting of the N. A. A. A. A. on March 2 will be the greatest meeting of the kind ever held. Columbia College alone sends fifty entries and the Atherton Athletic Club sends six hundred. Holders of English, Irish, Canadian, American and intercollegiate championships will compete...
...ones to the authors' lists, is indeed an arduous one, and Mr. Winsor has accomplished a task which will doubtless bring him well-deserved thanks. But still the library, perfect as it now is sorely in need of one thing which will render it of more importance than ever electric lights. These we hope to see put in shortly, and we have good ground for believing that, in this respect, our wishes will be gratified...
...vote of the faculty in 1886. The members of the last entering class have had unusual advantages in their admission examinations, in that it was their privilege to choose almost any combination they wished from a scheme of examinations including a wider range of subjects than has ever been given. Under the former scheme of admission examinations, the common method of entering was by presenting all the required elementary subjects, together with either French or German, and, of the advanced subjects, Latin and Greek with composition. The per cent. of candidates choosing that set of subjects for the years...