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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Beta Kappa oration, seems to be approaching its culmination. A new set of admission requirements was considered by the faculty at their meeting of Tuesday last, which, if adopted,-and that event now seems likely-will entirely do away with Greek as a requisite for matriculation. Inspection of the list of subjects proposed for admission, which will be found below, will give a more perfect idea of the exact nature of the contemplated change than can be gained by any extended explanation. It only remains to point out a few of the more prominent features in the new system...
...therefore, those men who have led their respective classes the preceding year have places on the committee. In this way not only would scholarship be represented, but the services of men of marked ability would be secured; for if any one will take the trouble to glance over the list of those who have led their classes during past years, he will find the names of some of the finest men who have ever been graduated from an institution of learning. Let the undergraduate look at the men who have taken the highest rank within his short memory...
...Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore heads the list of American colleges, however, in generous provisions for advanced study. This young, but rich and prosperous institution, with an endowment of three and a half millions, provides twenty fellowships, each yielding an annual income of five hundred dollars. They are bestowed upon advanced scholars from any place. The chief condition is that the holder shall have a decided liking for some special department of knowledge, in addition to a liberal education and good character. At the first assignment of fellowships in 1876, there were one hundred and forty-two applicants, representing forty...
There are eight vacant rooms on the Bursar's list: one in Hollis, two in Divinity, and five in College House...
Assuming then, not the braving of young Lochinvar, but that of a bookagent, one may reach the entrance of the building in safety; and, if by some freak of fortune the name of the new comer corresponds with a name on the list-that is kept for ready reference in the office of the faculty-he is admitted...