Word: law
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...result at the present time is a course of lectures by a well known New York journalist. A thorough familiarity with the party-history of the country, and with the general history of the country and of the world, together with a knowledge of Common, Constitutional, International Law, Political Economy, Logic, Principles of Criticism, English Literature, and the French and German languages, are given by Whitelaw Reid as the indispensable acquirements of a journalist. While, of course, any student can get all these studies from the curriculum as at present constituted, it would certainly be a great gain...
...generally unable to move them. Each party in the House always feels itself called upon to put forth its most strenuous efforts, the opposition to win the honors, the ministry to retain them. All this adds a color to the contests, in which we also receive training in parliamentary law and "practice in politics...
...layer of cinders and ashes is being put on the new tennis courts back of the law school...
...voices the opinion of a large body of students in college. We spoke editorially, some time ago, of the need of such a course, not only as a great aid to men in their note-taking in college, but especially as valuable for such as intend to make the law or journalism a profession. We understand that the faculty would not be willing to have such a course count for a degree, on the ground that such an accomplishment is not part of a liberal education. Waiving the objection, although it can apply with equal force to some courses already...
...English actor of the day, delivers at Harvard College an address on the art of acting; an address which presupposed from its tone and the treatment of its subject that there would be in the audience students wishing to adopt the stage as a profession, as others will adopt law or journalism or the ministry. This assumption, once at least, explicitly stated, is the most striking peculiarity in the address which Mr. Irving delivered in the Sanders Theatre Monday evening. The intelligence, the elevated tone and the dignity of the lecture, and the high ideal of his art presented...