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Some interesting facts may be gleaned from the last annual report of the board of directors charged with the care of Girard College. Changes which the founder would not have contemplated have been introduced and modern appliances such as he and his generation never dreamed of are now in daily use. The report says: "The ancient curriculum of the college, admirable, perhaps, in the early history of the institution, with less than five hundred scholars, but without many of the plans and appliances which modern modes of thought and of action make necessary for efficient work in the school-room...
...they must leave the college at eighteen years of age. The average age of those admitted during the year 1893 was eight and a quarter years and of those dismissed sixteen years, showing an average of seven and three-quarters years of maintenance and education for each pupil. Mr. Girard, in his will, says, "Those scholars...
...Girard College...
...event Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell have been invited to compete. In order to make this annual, a cup has been offered which will become the property of the college winning it three times in succession. All entries will close on May 2 with F. B. Ellis, 217 Girard Building, Philadelphia...
Bowdoin Square - Donnelly and Girard; Natural...