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...report of President Eliot is none the less interesting because of its somewhat tardy appearance. The brief summary which we print in our columns this morning will serve to give a general impression of the nature of its contents. The report is, on the whole, of a gratifying nature, showing, as it does, an increase in the number of the students in almost all the departments of the University. In a later issue we shall give brief summaries of the reports of the treasurer of the University, and of the Deans of the several professional schools...
...after waiting two seasons to see if the players could not reform the game themselves, have been obliged to prohibit inter-collegiate foot-ball altogether. It is very improbable that a game which involves violent personal collision between opposing players can ever be made a good inter-collegiate game. None of the popular games or contests which have proved long-lived and respectable, like cricket, tennis, fencing, shooting at a mark, rowing, sailing, hunting, jumping, and racing on foot, horseback, or bicycle, involve any bodily collision between contestants. Boxing and wrestling, which do require such personal collision, are very...
...power of reaching a mathematical infinity, as his claim for admittance, is of small moment with respect to one matter. We can well afford to allow the future freshman to fret and terrify his soul over the classics, but we who have passed the slough of despond require none the less a recognition of our power to read the classics. It is very pleasant and profitable for us that the beauties of Chaucer should be held up for our admiration. But this is not enough. We miss the accustomed classical readings which have been given us in past years...
...authors under study is made, little benefit can be derived from the reserved books upon which the great majority are compelled to rely for their knowledge of the writers. Irving is as poorly represented as Goldsmith. No attempt seems to be made toward a biographical study of the writers. None of the standard lives are reserved, and the biographical study of the writers appears to be left to the discretion of the student...
...college journal is almost peculiar to this country. None are published by students in England, or on the continent, but there are a few in Austria and New Zealand...