Word: profs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent Yale banquet in Chicago, Prof. Wheeler said he classed himself as one of the most unfortunate men on earth-a teacher. In conclusion, he gave some interesting statistics about the College. His own ambition for Yale was, that the scientists should not crowd out the classics, nor the classics crowd out the scientists, but that young men attending the college should be given a free choice of courses. He thought that in the last ten years the moral improvement of the students had been great. Twenty-five years ago the average Yale student was a longhaired individual, wrapped...
...famous author of "Mr. Isaacs", F. Marion Crawford, was formerly a student at Harvard. Mr. Crawford's boyhood was spent in India, though he was born in Italy. Mr. Crawford spent some time in Boston, and enrolled himself a student at Harvard, receiving a diploma in Sanskrit, under Prof. Lanman...
...from the income or invested funds amounting to over $185, 000. At the present moment, these amount to over $580, 000. Ten years ago our departmental library numbered some 5,000 volumes. Since that time it has increased to $16, 000 volumes." At the time of the death of Prof. Louis Agassiz the museum was over-crowded with the immense accessions constantly accumulating. There was no opportunity for order or systematic display. A re-arrangement was absolutely necessary and it has been successfully accomplished. The old facilities for laboratory work and instruction were entirely inadequate. The present rooms, although...
...FRIDAY.The Cuneiform Inscription and the Old Testament. Special subject: Prophets of the Assyrian Period. Prof. Lyon. Upper Divinity Hall...
...SATURDAY.History and Methods of Classical Study. Prof. Allen. Sever...