Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...catalogue of the publishing firm was taken, which is recognized as publishing the most representative list of American books. Here strictly professional books were ruled out, and the authors divided into two classes, the dead and the living. Of the dead there are forty-two names. Ten, or less than one-fourth were not college men. Of the living, we count 133 names. Fifty-one, or more than one third, are not college men. Of course, this cannot be called a scientific test, yet it approximates such a test, and shows with tolerable force the ranks of literature are recruited...
...junior forensics is due on the first day of December. For the benefit of those members of the class who did not attend Dr. Royce's very interesting lectures, a few words will not be out of place. As to the length of the forensic; it must contain not less than fifteen or more than twenty-five hundred words, that is to say, it must have a length equivalent to from twelve to twenty pages of theme paper. In regard to the subject of the forensic; any topic may be taken from the pamphlet of 1884-85, provided...
This miserable system, or rather this miserable lack of system, prevails in all the German universities in a greater or less degree, according to the size of the libraries. And yet the German student lives and learns and becomes the famous philologist, or the famous scientist, whose works are kept in our American libraries at the disposal of everybody. He knows and cares for nothing better, and it were cruel indeed to tell him how much more favored we Americans are. "Where ignorance is bliss...
...RACE.The first event on the programme was the bicycle race for which F. L. Dean, '88, was the only entry. The strong wind which was blowing made fast time an impossibility, but Dean held to it pluckily and made the two miles in 6 minutes, 37 seconds, 20 seconds less than the college record which was made by Kohler of the University of Pennsylvania last week, and 8 seconds slower than Dean's record of last spring...
...Davis, '89, and G. L. Hunter, '89. This was finally won by Clark with a record of 36 feet 8 1-2 inches. Chamberlain took second place with a put of 34 feet 5 inches. Hunter was third and Davis last. Clark's put was 3 1-2 inches less than his record last spring. The record in this event is 37 feet 10 inches by Cuzner of McGill University, Canada...