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...recent election of James Russell Lowell, minister to the court of St. James, as lord rector of the University of Glasgow, seems to have occasioned considerable discussion. A few days ago a resolution of inquiry was offered in the House of Representatives for "information as to whether the minister to Great Britain has received any title of nobility, such as 'lord rector,' from any foreign state, and whether such English lord is still retained in the service of the United States...
...universities and colleges of Scotland differ so widely from our own that some explanation is needed of the contests over the election of "lord rector," one of which, as the cable informs us, has resulted in the elevation of James Russell Lowell, our minister to Great Britain, to the lord rector ship of St. Andrew's University. Since 1858 the Scottish universities, however differently organized before that time, have had a uniform constitution, created by the "university act." This act was referred to by Earl Selborne, who, having been asked the other day whether Mr. Lowell was eligible...
Lately Sir Stafford Northcote was elected Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh, over Mr. Otto C. Trevelyan, the author of the Life of Macaulay, and Professor Blackie. This choice of the students is much condemned, as Sir S. Northcote has shown no proofs, during his long career, of striking intellectual power...
James Russell Lowell has been elected Lord Rector of St. Andrews University, Glasgow, defeating his opponent by eighteen votes...
...Fawcelt, the postmaster General of England, has been elected, over Mr. John Ruskin, as lord rector of the University of Glasgow...