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Well, after two or three years the quondam Princetonian returns with a varicose accent, a mouth full of hot mush, a dandified swagger, and a fairly general contempt for things in this bally o country...
Liberals, of whom there are few, will welcome President Lowell's proposal. Reactionaries, of whom there are many, will condemn it. Its principle, however, and its immediate object appear to us to deserve the credit due all progressive moves. --The Daily Princetonian...
...colleges, rather than the University itself, assume most of the responsibility for teaching. Secondly, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge are mutually "self-supporting, self-determining and self-contained corporations". Neither arrangement will obtain at Harvard, for the House Plan is a dormitory reform and nothing more. --The Daily Princetonian...
...survey undertaken by the Daily Princetonian, while it originated as an investigation of the importance of the Classics in Princeton as compared with that in several other universities, has revealed facts and suggested plans that are of particular interest to Harvard. Statistics that show both Harvard and Chicago following Princeton in proportionate numbers of concentrators in the Classics may give a slight setback to the prevalent opinion that the first two strongholds of ancient literatures, but universities are the especial American these direct results of the investigation are less significant than the project for reviving the study of antiquity...
...established excellence. It is pertinent to note that Yale offers several courses in "Classical Civilization" not requiring the use of Latin and Greek in the original, which appear to be successful as far as attracting undergraduates is concerned, having this term a total enrollment of over 300 students. Daily Princetonian...