Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...higher education of men and women in America. Mr. C. Wellman Parks, Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., has kindly consented to take charge of this section of the exhibit and has sent circulars to the various American colleges soliciting their co-operation. The part in which Professor Parks begs the students to assist him most is in collecting as many photographs of buildings, faculties, classes, athletic teams, literary societies, etc., as possible and in sending them to him with sufficient money to pay for framing, arranging, and other expenses...
...conclusion, we advise no one to pursue a systematic course of "cramming," A man who studies the larger part of a night before an examination enters the examination room with impaired mental faculties, unable to express forcibly or well the substance ground up the previous nigh. A clear mind with a few facts is of more avail than a muddled head with an interminable jumble of confused statistics...
...Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, held last Saturday in the Madison Square Garden, N. Y., was, without doubt, in all respects the most successful athletic meeting ever held in this country. Representatives from all the well-known athletic clubs, together with numerous college athletes, took part in the games, and the large number of entries-about 700-made it necessary to hold the preliminary heats in the afternoon from two to six, and the finals from eight till near midnight. A few innovations were made, as lacrosse and base-ball games were played under cover for the first...
Professor Alexander Johnston, professor in Political Economy, who has been seriously ill for some time, is now recovering slowly, but will not be able to take charge of his classes for some time. Part of this work has been given to President Patton, part to Professor Sloane and part to Professor Austen Scott. The latter gentleman, from Rutgers college, will deliver a series of lectures before the senior class...
...early part of the evening, Mr. Littell of '90 read the "Bride of Corwith." After business had been transacted, some time was spent in informal discussion before the meeting adjourned...