Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dinner is to recognize "the loyal devotion to Yale shown by conscientious, intelligent and faithful practice which has resulted in this remarkable series of victories. An expression of enthusiasm and approval felt by Yale's graduates on this subject will encourage future contestants and keep alive and stimulate the general practice of athletics among the undergraduates...
...Best general references: Nation, XXX, 90; Message of President Hayes, March 8, 1880, in Cong. Record 10, 1399; Wharton's Digest...
...that time, with one or two of what we call voluntary studies, which were, I think, all in the modern languages, the general drift of the college required the same work from one man as it did from another. There was a good classical course, a good mathematical course, almost nothing in natural history, good teaching in the modern languages, and excellent training in English. The courses in political economy, metaphysics, and morals were interesting, though they did not go far. Such as they were, these were almost the same for everybody; one man might take Spanish and another Italian...
...mistaken. According to the Catalogue for 1888-89, Harvard College has 95 professors, instructors and lecturers.] Columbia comes second with 50; Johns Hopkins, 49; University of Michigan, 47; Yale, 46; Princeton, 39. The salaries paid to professors at American universities and colleges are very small when compared to the general wealth of the country and the cost of living. The highest are those in Columbia, a few of which exceed $5,000 a year. In Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins and Cornell they generally fall below...
There had been some informal correspondence between the representatives of the two crews the previous year, but as nothing came of it, the general opinion was that a race could not be arranged...