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...McCosh, in a recent letter on the question of societies in Princeton, says that although at first the faculty were not unanimous in the suppression of secret and the establishment of open societies, at present they are a unit. This is true, he says, not only of the parents, but also of the alumni, and a large majority of the students...
President McCosh of Princeton is taking active means to bring the subject of civil service reform before the students, and thus directly to the attention of the colleges at large...
President Arthur made a brief address from the steps of Dr. McCosh's residence to the students of Princeton College yesterday. His son enters the class...
Professor Comfort, of Syracuse University, in a lecture said that Princeton College allowed more disgraceful conduct in the class room than any other college in this country. The professor said this after having been an instructor there for a short time, and added that Dr. McCosh and the rest of the faculty remained there only at the sacrifice of their manhood...
...Pres. McCosh denies the newspaper report that he is going to retire from Princeton College, and that Dr. Hall of New York will take his place. "In the first place," he said, "we have fifty more students at present than ever before, and our standard of scholarship is higher than ever. The only trouble we have had has been the mischief of a few thoughtless freshmen, and they have been punished, and we do not anticipate any repetition of such occurrences...