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Harvard, founded in 1638, out dates a majority of the German Universities, as Halle was founded in 1694, Breslau, 1702; Gottingen, 1737; Berlin, 1810; and Bonn, 1815. Heidelberg, the oldest German University, was founded in 1386. - Cam. Chronicle...
...Cambridge Chronicle changed hands last June, and came under the able management of Mr. F. Stanhope Hill, of Boston. Mr. Hill is a retired naval officer, who has already had experience and success in the editorship of several prominent papers in this country. The Chronicle is the oldest Cambridge paper; its style has greatly improved under the new regime; and from the character of its present editor, we have every reason to believe that Cambridge will now have a paper worthy of the name...
...youngest student in the class of '90 is 15 years 2 1-2 months old, while the dignity of the class is upheld by two men who have obtained the age of 27 years 5 months. Below are the tables of the youngest and oldest men entering the classes...
...Youngest, 15 years 2 1-2 months. Oldest, 27 years 5 months...
...following is from the Pennsylvanian: "Harvard college will celebrate its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary next November. It is not the oldest American University, as that of Mexico is fifty years older...