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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...career of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, under charge of the Economics Department, has been so successful that the editors have decided to increase the size of the magazine, and make its contents more varied. The change in form will be accompanied by an increase in price from two to three dollars...
...present year is characterized at the University of Pennsylvania by extraordinary activity in the direction of building. The new museums have been completed and occupied. They form a most striking addition, from an architectural point of view, to the group of university buildings, and offer abundant room for the great collections of Babylonian and Egyptian antiquities which it has hitherto bee impossible even to unpack. The biological department has completed its "Vivarium," and has filled it with all manner of beasts and creeping things, so that it has become one of the chief attractions to visitors. The law school...
...usual, the ballets will form an important and interesting part of the performances. This year a minuet and a serpentine dance have been arranged, both of which are simpler than the average of those introduced in previous plays. J. J. Coleman has been coaching all the members of the ballet...
...most important business which came before the meeting of the Senior class last evening, was the announcement by the presidents of the Delta Upsilon, Pi Eta, and Hasty Pudding clubs, that these clubs would form no combinations or slates this year...
...four present needs of the College Library, additional shelf room for books, study rooms for professor and advanced students, increased space for administration, and a better reading room. He says: "It is a singular fact that, at a time when the building of libraries has become a favorite form of public benefaction, Harvard has not received any great gift for a library building. It is useless to expect an ample equipment and a generous building from any other source." In summarizing the requirements, Professor Lane puts beauty first because he believes "that the Library does not take the place...