Word: oxford
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Magazine gives long accounts of the debates of the Oxford Union which will be of interest to Harvard readers, as our own union was modeled after that at Oxford. The interest displayed by the university at large has made the union one of the most prominent features of English university life. A man who has become distinguished in the union is considered one of the rising men of the university. A brilliant speech excites comments throughout the whole university. This is shown by the fact that the Oxford Magazine devotes an editorial to a young freshman whose first effort...
...presence of such articles in the Magazine merely goes to show that the students' thoughts at Oxford run more in the same line than is the case at Harvard. There is no such diversity of interest as is shown by the very fact that American college papers are unable to find subjects that appeal to the entire body of students. As the Harvard publication desires to please its readers, it must resort to the only subjects of general interest - athletics and strictly university topics...