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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...total number of students was 11,195, while today the number amounts to 15,084, an increase of 4,889 or thirty-three per cent. The rank of the first six colleges during 1886-87 was as follows: Harvard first with 1,688 students; Michigan next with 1,572; Columbia third with 1,570; Yale fourth with 1,134; Pennsylvania fifth with 1,088; Cornell sixth with 1,489. In 1891-92 Harvard still keeps the lead with 2,658; Michigan next with 2,622; Yale has risen to third place with 1,784; Pennsylvania moves to fourth place with...
...Hamilton '92; vice-pres, J. S. Brown '92; sec. and treas., M. E. Ingalls, Jr., '92; F. Snow member of the executive committee. By an amendment to the constitution the first seven will hereafter be selected from the twelve men certified by Dr. Snow as having obtained the highest rank at the hour examination in History 15 in November...
...scholarships are awarded at the close of the fall term after an idea can be formed of the men's ability, and when once awarded may be held so long as the student keeps up his rank satisfactorily. There are at present thirty-two special scholarships, ranging in annual income from $70 to $140 and amounting in the aggregate to $3,270. In addition there are fifty trustee scholarships of $75 each, covering the amount of tuition. The charity fund of the academy has an income of about $1,500 and is awarded at the discretion of the trustees, upon...
...depths of the forest. Other fine singers are the brown thrush, the purple finch, and the winter wren. Most of the singers are finches. As a rule these are small and insignificant, but there are some brilliant exceptions, as the goldfinch and the rose breasted grosbeak. Next in rank come the warblers. These are very little known as they are chiefly forest birds and all go under the name of "the little gray birds," though some of them have the most gorgeous red and yellow plumage. Two of the warblers are fine singers, the water thrush and the golden-crowned...
...examining the provisional list of commencement parts which was published in Saturday's CRIMSON and additions to which are printed this moning, it has been difficult to draw any exact conclusions as to the character of those men who have taken the highest rank in their class. In order, however, to ascertain in a rough way what kind of men it was who stood so high, the following table has been prepared. The table is necessarily very incomplete, but it will help to answer the question...