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Prizes to the amount of $300 are offered for excellence in Greek and Latin. In addition there are awarded in the mathematical department prizes to the amount of $400 for excellence in that branch of study. It has been the custom of the Cobden Club of London, to offer annually a medal for the greatest proficiency in the science of political economy. This offer is open to any undergraduate of either the Academic or the Shefflield scientific departments...
...Authors' Reading at Sander's Theatre, in aid of the Longfellow Memorial Fund, on the evening of the poet's birthday, Feb. 27th, promises to offer an unusually attractive programme. The object for which the entertainment is to be held is so worthy of encouragement, and the interest in the matter is so great, that the affair cannot fail to be a success. Several well-known authors have shown their interest by offering to read selections from their own works. Among them are the following: Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Winter, Louise Chandler Moulton, John...
...work will be profusely illustrated, and its articles will be written by well known authors. It will be more than a "Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge," as it will embody a complete dictionary of the English language. It will give more than mere definitions of words, as it will offer general knowledge on every subject possible. The work is modelled after Stormonth's Dictionary and Chamber's Encyclopedia, though it will not follow the plan of either work closely. The price per volume will be, cloth, 50 cents; half morocco, 65 cents. The book will fill a great need...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Much has been said recently about the lack of significance attaching to the various degrees given by the colleges of the country. It is claimed with a great deal of justice that these degrees offer no criterion by which the merits of the recipients can be judged. When we think, however, of the vast differences which prevail in standards and in methods, we must be convinced that it is impossible at present to lay down any common rule by which degrees are to be awarded. But it is very surprising to find sometimes that degrees...
...They offer a number of reasons for dropping the custom, the most important one being that, as the promenade question is in imminent danger of an adverse decision, any further disturbances would be likely to decide it unfavorably for the two lower classes. In addition the faculty offer a whole holiday if the freshmen will accede to their request. As a general thing the sentiment of the University is against giving up any of the peculiar Yale customs, but in this case the upper-classmen are all in favor of the action of the faculty...