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...Prothero...
Talking about English college papers, Dr. Prothero recounted several reminiscences of his own early experiences. A paper was started at Eton in 1864--the first one in England. Its start was adventurous and so it continued for its short existence. Radical papers also had short lives; but in the sense with which we speak of American college papers, no such thing existed in English universities until within the last few years...
...clock in the Trophy Room of the Union. At this dinner the present board will entertain nearly eighty guests, about twenty-five of whom are former editors of the CRIMSON and of its fore-runners, the Herald and Magenta. Among the guests invited are President Lowell, G. W. Prothero, late professor of history at the University of Edinburgh and an honorary fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Dr. G. A. Gordon '81, pastor of the Old South Church, Boston...
...College Journalism."--Mr. G. W. Prothero...
Visiting Professor G. W. Prothero drew some interesting comparison between Harvard and Cambridge University. He complained of the fact that English universities are not attended by the mass of the people, that they are hampered by tradition, and have not adapted their courses to the needs of public life. Until the system is reorganized, the English university can hold no such place in the public estimation as does the American university. He hoped for a closer relation between the countries...