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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will deny that our English department, taken as a whole, is conducted with ability - and understanding, yet no one can reasonably wonder if the members of a class demur at writing criticism after criticism, when they have been led to suppose, by the experience of the leading writers, past and present, that criticism is a secondary matter, and that the critical writer is by no means necessarily a respectable descriptive writer of any kind...
...Dole, trainer of the University of Pennsylvania eleven, is reported to have said "that foot-ball is a science, and that this science has made such progress within the past two years that men, once fine players, are now inefficient and worthless; that the foot-ball of to-day is a new game, in which strength and weight are no longer everything. Skill is now the requisite for fine play, and that skill he is trying to develop in the University men." - Yale News...
During the past quarter of a century the periodicals of the country have been flooded with articles on the relative value of classical and scientific studies as factors in a liberal education. But it is not until very recently that the comparatively new science of political economy has received from educators the attention which it deserves. It is due largely to the energy of one of our own instructors that the study of economics has come into prominence as an element in the panoply of a student. During the past two years Professor Laughlin has delivered lectures and written magazine...
...shooting men of the college may be well satisfied with the weather which has prevailed during the past month. Yesterday afternoon was extremely favorable for high scoring, and, despite the absence of some of the club's best shots, the records show that good shooting was no rarity. The opening of the new series of matches called out a fairly large field of entries, and the score sheets showed close competition in the various events...
...four subjects announced for the first year, two require a knowledge of Italian, and two do not, so that a chance for competition is really given to everyone. Such similar prizes as have been occasionally offered in the past, have been of great benefit to all who have tried for them, furnishing as they do, a pleasing incentive for a most valuable literary work. As plenty of time is given, it is to be hoped that a large number will make use of the opportunity...