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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual report of President Barnard on the condition of Columbia College has just been published. The part referring to the graduate department is of special interest to Harvard, as Columbia, in this branch, is the only American college which can at present compete with our own University. Columbia is now considering the advisibility of raising the whole scheme of education to a higher plane, to give more attention to the advanced students than to those in the other departments...
...Yale Depew battalion did not take part in Monday's procession...
...played with a great deal of snap, and the improvement in team work was apparent. The backs played a strong rushing game, and the rushers blocked and tackled much better than usual. Exeter was obliged to play two substitute half-backs, and to that circumstance may be attributed in part the poor showing Exeter made. Immediately after the kick-off, the freshmen began forcing the ball towards Exeter's line and Brooks soon made a touchdown. No goal. Exeter now got the ball and forced it within a few yards of Harvard's line. They failed to make a touchdown...
...northern part of Arabia is occupied by vast sandy deserts, which are inhabited by the roving Bedouin tribes. The Bedouins love the wild, untrammelled freedom of desert life, and despise the dwellers in the cities. Hence it is not surprising that only two cities, Mecca and Medina, exist within their borders. The three characteristics of the Arab race are, tribal isolation, love of poetry, and utter lack of religion. Union of the scattered tribes was impossible, and the people remained dormant for centuries, on account of the lack of combined effort. War was the business life and poetry the only...
...Charles St. Wall of the Common, the seniors at the Bacon street gate, the other classes extending in order toward Boylston St. The company from the Medical School formed behind the freshmen. At 7.45, the column moved along Beacon and Arlington streets, to its position as a part of the third division on the north side of Commonwealth avenue, the right of the column resting on Dartmouth street. Here the battallion halted, and the men amused themselves in divers innocent ways. After an almost interminable delay the division fell into line behind the second division at 9.30 p. m. After...