Word: extracts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following is an extract from an open letter by Professor Schmoller, one of the most influential in the law faculty of the University of Berlin. Its publication has called forth a storm of controversy in the German newspapers. The fact that German students frequently spend the first half of their university course in idleness is not denied, even by those who oppose the views of the learned professor, and the chief argument of defence is that these years of idleness make up the only season of romance in the otherwise unbroken life of examinations and position-hunting to which German...
...following extract from a report published by the Board of Overseers of Harvard College attracts attention...
...another page is printed an extract from the Boston Herald, which shows that Cornell, though young, is making large strides to catch up with our older universities. Her endowment, if we mistake not, is already larger than Harvard's; she can pay her professors more; and living at Cornell is cheaper than here. All these advantages over us may in time make her a strong rival. But in spite of lack of means, poorly paid professors, and the high cost of living here, Harvard still has the priceless advantage of being the oldest seat of learning in the country...
...ingenuous confession on the part of a Yale man will cause a few stray smiles: "The work of blasting the rocks from the side of the hills of the Yale field progresses rapidly and we have hopes of having a level field in order to play ball next Spring." - Extract from a Yale letter. - Princetonian...
...Extract from Art. XI. of the By-Laws of the Athletic Association...