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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...were opened by the Glee Club which sang the first and last verses of the "Harvard Hymn" in Latin, to the music of the "Commencement Hymn." Dean Briggs then spoke briefly of the purpose of the meeting, and said that the rewards of the scholars in the University were less evident than those of the athletes, who could command audiences of thousands. He introduced Dr. Wm. Everett '59, who spoke on the value of a scholar's training and on the value of the student to the world in every department of life...
...source of great satisfaction and their nervous system must be in good condition. While the desire of pecuniary assistance is a motive which, in some cases, leads men to try for scholarships, it is no longer the leading motive. The difference between scholarships with and without stipends is growing less and less and will disappear in after life...
...several well worth mentioning. "Ruth," by J. A. Graydon '01, is the third of a series of Irish folk tales, which the writer is contributing to the Advocate. The scene of the story is Rosselea, and the characters are a Catholic priest and a family of peasants. There is less plot and characterization in "Ruth," than in either of the two previous tales; but the story is clear, vigorous and wholesome. Two lovers quarrel and separate, but are again joined at a crisis in the life of the heroine. Simple and straightforward, "Ruth" is the type of story that...
...David Cox, Peter DeWint, Henry Edridge, Thomas Girtin, Paul Sanby and John Varley. These are all characteristic examples, and serve to show what were the artistic ideals, and the technical methods, which prevailed in the English School of the early part of the century now closing. While more or less conventional in both conception and treatment, these works are generally well composed and exhibit the skill in the use of pure water-color wash for which this school was remarkable and exemplary...
...Yale 2688, Pennsylvania 2651, Cornell 2645, Wisconsin 2025, Chicago 1680, Princeton 1194, Johns Hopkins 632. The increase over the registration of last year at Columbia is 246, at Michigan 242, Cornell 203, Harvard 199, Wisconsin 199, Princeton 95, Chicago 32, and Johns Hopkins 5. Yale has 20 students less than last year and Pennsylvania 78 less...