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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Much has been said in this paper lately regarding the choice of electives. Shall the freshman continue the study of Greek and Latin, or of Mathematics or of modern languages, or of science, or shall he devote the remaining three years exclusively to English studies; shall he choose those branches of study which he finds most pleasant and easy, or shall he aim at building up his powers where they are most deficient; shall he lay out his college course as a foundation for his chosen business in life, or as a foundation for broad living? The fact that these...
...senior society halls by means of a bountiful use of paint, laid on in original designs. These last offenders were tried in the city court, but they escaped free of fine or imprisonment through legal technicalities, thus avoiding welldeserved punishment. During the same year an anti-senior society paper was started and conducted vigorously and successfully. Recently an elaborate pamphlet appeared, written by an alumnus, formerly a member of each society from year to year, who tried to prove that the system was pernicious, and ought to be abolished. These facts show the state of affairs...
...prominent daily paper discourses thus upon the pleasing prospects for young graduates: "The announcements of approaching college commencements herald another harvest of baccalaureates, doctors and lawyers. There is no need to ask what is to become of them. The professions, like horse-cars, have always room for one more, though some will have to stand or simply cling on as best they can. A goodly number of these coming graduates, like too many that have gone before them, are, no doubt, strongly impressed with a sense of their utility or their singular fitness for life in what they regard...
There is a rumor that Columbia is to have a daily paper...
...What is a Liberal Education?" and tries to show that the sciences and English should be given leading places in the school and also in the college. An interesting article is Miss Fanny Storie's "Diary of an American Girl in Cairo during the War of 1882." The illustrated papers are "A French-American Seaport," which is an account of the Island of St. Pierre off Newfoundland; "Sailors' Snug Harbor," by Franklin H. North; "American Wild Animals in Art," by Julian Hawthorne; and a scholarly paper by Edward Eggleston on "Commerce in the Colonies." In fiction, Henry James' new story...