Word: nationalities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Nation of March 11, Mr. Edward G. Bourne takes up the cudgels in defence of Yale, and attempts to point out some of the alleged weak points in the arguments used by Mr. Page. Mr. Bourne, in a very plausible and, to the general reader, convincing way, endeavors to drag into the discussion the scientific and theological departments of Harvard and of Yale. He tries to justify himself by saying that Harvard has opened to undergraduates of the academic department "many of the courses of the Divinity School," besides most of those of the Scientific School, and that therefore...
...instructive, as well as startling comparison between the growth of Yale and Harvard may be found in the Nation of February 18th. Taking, as a basis, the catalogues of the academic departments only, the writer shows the steady increase of the latter and the decline of the former. Graphic tables are employed which show a continuous upward movement for Harvard, while Yale, after many fluctuations, takes a downward turn from 1882 to 1885. In 1885 Yale entered 22 students less than in 1865. Harvard, on the other hand, entered 133 more. From such a standpoint, the writer's presentation...
...Acta Columbiana republishes the articles which appeared in the Nation on the growth of Yale and Harvard during the last thirty years...
...solution of the mystery which enshrouds John Harvard's life will be found in the current number of the Nation...
...last Nation contains an excerpt from the President's report...