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...delegates to the D. K. E. Fraternity Convention, held at Washington last week have returned and report having a most successful and enjoyable time. All the delegates were taken in carriages about the city, first to the Capitol, where they were received by senator Sherman, president of the Senate, and speaker Carlisle, in their private rooms. Next they were taken to the White House and enjoyed a private reception by President and Mrs. Cleveland, after which they were driven around the city. In the evening the annual banquet was held at the Willard Hotel, which all the delegates and Washington...
PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. 8, 1887. At the regular weekly meeting of the faculty of Princeton College, last night, Dean Murray presented the final report of the committee for perfecting a scheme for the students' conference committee. The details of the plan are minute, are complicated, and will not be made public until Monday's issue of the Princetonian. As nearly as can be ascertained, the principal features are as follows: The committee will consist of 12 undergraduates, 6 seniors, 3 juniors, 2 sophomores and 1 freshman, who will be elected by the students themselves. Eligibility will be determined...
...special meeting of the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools will be held on Friday afternoon and on Saturday morning, Jan. 7 and 8, 1887, in the Latin School building, Warren avenue. The Friday afternoon session will be open at 2 o'clock by a report on "the work of the commission of colleges in New England on admission examinations," presented by Professor William C. Poland of Brown University. Discussion will follow at 3 on the question, "Does the circular recently issued by Harvard University conduce to greater uniformity in requirements for admission to college?" Remarks will...
...striking proof of the growth of scientific studies at Harvard is given in the recent report of the Museum of comparative zoology. Although it is within three years that the latest addition to its building has been occupied, it has already become too crowded for the needs of the university...
...Agassiz, in his recent report to the president and fellows, reports that "the unexpected demand for instruction is in excess of our accommodation. . . . It will be absolutely essential, in order to maintain the unity of organization on which so much care and money have been expended, to provide additional quarters for the accommodation of the increasing number of students, and the natural demands for expansion in the specialties of each department. At the present moment an additional section of the museum would barely meet our requirements." We understand that work will commence on this another season. Nor is the interest...