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...beginning of the present structure. The celebrity of the Library dates from the sixteenth century, when important additions were made. In 1600, the institution contained 10,660 manuscripts-a large collection for that day. The next accession consisted of the library of the Elector of Palatine, captured at Heidelberg and presented to Gregory XV., in 1625. It contained 4,838 manuscripts. In 1658, there were added 1,711 Greek and Latin Manuscripts, from the Library of Urbina. In 1700, the collection of Christina, Queen of Sweden, was added to the Library. It contained most of the literary treasures captured...
...evils of intemperance in college life were worse in proportion fifty years ago. All habits then were coarse. Drinking habits in our American colleges are not so different from those in foreign universities. The speaker related his observations of the convivial side of student life at Oxford and at Heidelberg. He had early made up his mind to practice total abstinence and had never found occasion to regret his determination. There are perhaps a half dozen strong arguments in favor of total abstinence. The first is that of bodily health. The evidence of all workers, of athletes...
...lessons to learn from our elder and more experienced "foreign cousins." The stamp of the early doctrines gained in their university life is very manifest in the life work of many an illustrious statesman or literrateur, who passed his college years in some intellectual centre, such as Oxford or Heidelberg. Can we sincerely say that men shape their modes of thought in any lasting form while at Harvard? I doubt if traces of a student's four years' training are ever distinct enough to be discovered ten years after he leaves Cambridge. The man who possesses the most original mind...
...colleges and "universities" of the West. Ohio, perhaps, can claim to be the greatest mother of colleges in the Union; at least her brood is more numerous than any other. Kenyon, Oberlin, University of Wooster, Baldwin University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio University (located amid the classic shades of "Athens"), Heidelberg College, Denison University, Wittenberg College, Antioch College - the list is truly apalling. The predominance of the title, "University," in such a list as the above is very significant. Nothing seems to satisfy the vaulting ambition of the Ohio man save a monopoly of national offices and a majority...
Scene on a railroad platform at Heidelberg-Traveller to a university student: "Sir, you are crowding-keep back, sir." U. S. (fiercely): "Don't you like it? Allow me to tell you that I am at your service at any time and place." Traveller (benignantly): "Ah, indeed, that is very kind of you. Just carry this satchel for me to the hotel."-[Index...