Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...recent decision of Judge Van Vorst of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Harvard has lost the bequest of Dr. Martyn Paine, who left his real and personal property to Harvard College for the purpose of establishing scholarships and prizes in memory...
...University Club of New York is being reorganized by members of the Alumni Association of the principal colleges. The Committee on Admissions has already elected 250 members. Of this number Yale has 75, Harvard 45, Columbia 22, Princeton 19, Williams 10, Amherst 13. The remainder are from the University of France, from the University of Cambridge, England, and from some of the smaller American colleges...
...whole number of scholars is 69, of whom 22 are in the first class. The following statistics of the graduating class of 1878 show how successful was its preparation for college in spite of the death of Dr. Dimmock at its most critical moment: "28 in all applied at Harvard, Williams, Amherst, and Yale colleges. Of these 10 were admitted without conditions; 2 with one condition; 4 with two conditions; 2 with three conditions; 4 with four conditions; 1 with five conditions; 2 with six conditions, and only 3 failed of admission. At the same time a member...
SEVENTY-EIGHT Sophomores wrote themes on some new study or branch of knowledge which they would like to see introduced at Harvard. Mr. Perry has kindly given the subjects which were chosen, and they are as follows: Shorthand, 11; Chinese Language, 8; Gymnastics, 8; Hygiene, 6; English Literature, 5; Singing, 4; Literature, 4; Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3; Elocution, 3; German Conversation, 3; English Composition, 2; Russian Language, 2; Use of Books, 2; and one each on Political Science, Theory of Mathematics, Advanced Course in Fine Arts, Scientific Theory, History of the United States, Natural History of Every Day Life...
...DEAR BLUSH, - As I hear that many improvements are making in your Library at Harvard, perhaps an account of some of the unreformed abuses in our transatlantic libraries would be of interest...