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...Scientific School 6,000; the Lowell Mason Library of Church Music 4,000; the Trowbridge Reference Library of the Divinity School 3,000; while in addition should be mentioned libraries of the art and medical schools. About 7,000 volumes are added to the different libraries every year. The largest circulation, it is found, is in the senior class, next in the junior, and then in the sophomore and freshman classes, showing a growing tendency on the part of the students to make use of the college books. The new Chittenden Library has a large and well-lighted reading room...
...Columbia fall sports were held on October 26, at the Manhattan Athletic Club grounds. The entries numbered over 225, the largest list of contestants in any games of the Athletic Association. Three Columbia records were broken and one inter-collegiate record was equalled. H. Mapes, '92, Mines, won the 220 yards hurdle in 26 4-5s. beating the Columbia record by 2s, and equaling the inter-collegiate best time. He also beat the college record for the 120 yards hurdle in 17 1-5s. A. S. Vosburgh, '90, Arts, beat the Columbia mile record by 1s, making...
...Edward Everett Hale, and among the speakers will be the Hon. Geo. F. Hoar. Ex-Gov. Geo. D. Robinson, Ex-Gov. John D. Long, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge and a number of other Harvard men. It is believed that the rally will be one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Boston...
...meeting was one of the largest in the history of the Society, many of the instructors in the University and a number of graduates being present. Mr. Justin Winsor, the host of the evening, read to those who were present an account of an incident which occurred at Plymouth during the period of excitement attending the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765. By means of a large map, Mr. Winsor examined the features of Plymouth Harbor and incidentally the adventures of the people of the Mayflower on that stormy Friday night when they first landed on American soil...
Over four hundred new students have registered at Cornell this term bringing the total in attendance there to more than 1200, the largest registration in the history of the University. There are over one hundred graduates of other colleges taking advantage of the offer of free tuition to post graduates. The number of students in the law department and in the school of pharmacy is also largely increased. Sage college, the women's department, has so many students that the faculty are finding it difficult to provide accommodation for all. Indications all point to a very successful year...