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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...
...year, - the result of which is detrimental to Yale. Mr. Bourne wholly forgets the fact that Harvard's percentage of undergraduates from the West is not decreasing, but, on the contrary, is growing rapidly and continually. What explanation can he offer for this, other than that which Mr. Page has already given...
...Page's arguments, however, Mr. Bourne is justified in opposing, and he does it in a manner wholly befitting a gentleman and loyal graduate of Yale. His loyalty is of the "true blue" kind, - a kind which seems hardly as common now as it did twenty or even ten years...
...another page is printed an extract from the Boston Herald, which shows that Cornell, though young, is making large strides to catch up with our older universities. Her endowment, if we mistake not, is already larger than Harvard's; she can pay her professors more; and living at Cornell is cheaper than here. All these advantages over us may in time make her a strong rival. But in spite of lack of means, poorly paid professors, and the high cost of living here, Harvard still has the priceless advantage of being the oldest seat of learning in the country...
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