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...recent branch of scientific study and a thorough preparation in it will become more and more necessary. The necessity for such training has been brought strongly to notice in our university during the past year. We hope that by the end of next year we shall have much larger and better facilities for its acquirement...
Those who live in college dormitories will be much pleased to learn that the authorities have at last taken some notice of the very poor manner in which the college rooms have been attended to in the past. The occupants of college buildings are obliged to pay prices for their rooms which should ensure for them the best of care, but heretofore these buildings have appeared to be nothing more than a rich treasury for a corps of greedy janitors...
...years students have been dissatisfied with the janitor system; they have made complaints, but as these were usually ineffective every one has of necessity patiently endured the injustice. The appointment of a anitor-in-chief, who shall be responsible for the work of his assistants, will be received with much favor. The fact that all persons employed about the buildings are to be obliged to wear some distinctive and respectable uniform is subject for silent congratulation...
...announcement of the appointment of Dr. Lyman Abbot as one of the preachers to the university will occasion much pleasure. Dr. Abbot is pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, and is one of the ablest and most widely known clergymen in the country. He is already well known here as he has preached in Appleton Chapel several times during the past two years. On those occasions his earnest. eloquent words have been most helpful to all whose privilege it was to hear them. He will undoubtedly greatly strengthen the influence of the preachers over the life of the university...
...success which has crowned the efforts of the German department is the occasion for much congratulation It has been evident for some time that if German were to hold its place among the modern languages at Harvard, something must be done to increase the facilities of the department. Now, however, thanks to the efforts of the committee, and the generosity of several eminent German scholars, the library which has been so long coveted will soon be ready...