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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first courses of University Extension lectures were given in November, 1890, upon plans which had been formulated by Dr. William Pepper. On Dr. James devolved the labor of giving permanence to a movement, which many feared was only to prove a short-lived outburst of enthusiasm. Each year since has been marked by steady progress. From the seven courses of lectures in the short season - two months - of 1890, the number grew to 87 in 1891, 105 in 1892, 111 in 1893, and 135 in 1894. Dr. James looks upon the record of last year as a very gratifying...
...Lewis; bow. Phelps. Phelps will probably continue to row bow until Capt. Bullard is able to begin rowing again. Lewis seems to have become somewhat of a fixture at No. 2. And it would indeed be strange if a man of his weight and experience in rowing should eventually prove too poor an oar to secure a place on the crew...
...induce use of silver: Taussig, 20, 41. - (x) Banks received treasury notes of 1890 freely: Taussig, 59. - (y) Large surplus in '85-'86: Taussig, p. 32. - (z) Favorable balance of trade. - (2) Such exceptional good luck can not be expected to continue. - (3) Events of this last winter prove that with an unfavorable balance of trade we can not maintain gold payment. - (x) The drain of gold falls wholly on the treasury. - (y) Gold bonds are a temporary expedient...
...notice that the Overseers have taken a view of the intercollegiate football question which is identical with that of the students. They differ from the Faculty, as the students have differed, merely in thinking that the impossibility of remedying the present evils connected with football, has not yet been proved. Prove it, and they stand with the Faculty and students in asserting that intercollegiate contests must go. There is unanimity of belief throughout the University that intercollegiate football as it has been played, is for ever self-condemned...
...Committee. The committee has the confidence of both graduates and undergraduates, and is thoroughly competent to meet the hard problems which are before them now that their action is likely to be unhindered. The plans for reform which they proposed in the letter submitted to the Faculty will undoubtedly prove far-reaching and in a high degree effective...