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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...special interest in itself, but in it stands the chair of Charles Lever, the novelist. He sat in it when he wrote "Charles O'Malley" and others of his stirring novels. It is now the property of the college and has held since his time many other famous men. Previous to 1869, when the "Church Act," which has caused much bitter feeling on the part of the Irish, was passed, the revenues of Trinity college amounted $450,000; since then they have been much impaired...
...answer within sixty days to their challenge to row an eight-oared race, they will be champions of all the American colleges. In other words, they intent to ignore the claims of the old and tried oarsmen of Harvard and Yale, merely because these latter parties have too many previous engagements to accept the challenge of this last aspirant for aquatic honors. College boat races cost more than any other kind of amateur contests because they make no money in return for the expense incurred. For this reason, any one college cannot undertake more than one or two races...
...into condition. The competition there is growing year by year greater and greater, and a college champion now if he were to enter in the amateur championships would be fairly sure of being among the first three in his event. Thus as the competition increases so must the previous training be more and more careful...
...Agricultural college. President Greenough, indorsed by the menders of the faculty has inaugurated a new system of study which ought to prove of great benefit to a large class of young men and have an important bearing on the higher education of the times. In addition to the previous instruction in farming and hortieulture, he proposes to furnish a full four years course in the natural sciences, modern languages and literature, together with philosophy, economy and history. As our ordinary colleges are the supplements to the classical academies and schools, so this college will be supplementary to the English high...
...himself. Now it is only used on Commencement Day, when the President as the head of the whole university, sits in it. During the remainder of the year it passes a dignified and quiet existence in the President's office at U. 5, in company with several other antiquities. Previous to its stay in the University it was kept for many years in Gore Hall where it was one of the chief attractions for visitors to the library. Years ago, before Gore Hall was built, it was kept in Harvard hall. During that time a custom prevailed with regard...