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...Edward Everett Hale, who has been identified with Harvard life for half a century, gives a short sketch of the college life as it was in his undergraduate days. It is an interesting comparison with the Harvard life of today, so we quote a few of the most salient passages...
...ground up to the civil war, and the first of the eight volumes is devoted to the period before the European discoveries. The book is a collection of articles by various writers, with critical essays and notes by Mr. Windsor. The history is not continuous, and only the salient points of each period are treated. A knowledge of American history is requisite for the reader, but for the student, the materials brought together are invaluable. Mr. Windsor contributes some very able papers in the fifth volume which are remarkable for their literary and historical treatment. As might be expected from...
...game, but it remained for the season of 1887 to inaugurate the most radical, as well as the most successful measures. Graduates of the colleges sent a representative before the convention in the summer, and asked the Association to adopt a constitution, in which should be incorporated these two salient features: A change to two referees, and the appointment of one of these to be in the hands of graduates. The Association most willingly adopted the suggestion of the alumni, and the result has been more satisfactory than even the most sanguine of its advocates had dared to hope...
...salient point in the president's report which appears to day, is the evidence afforded of Harvard's steady advancement in size and matter of advantages. Not a year passes in which some new building, some new department of learning or added opportunity for study does not testify to the vitality and growth of the college. The past year is not wanting in such additions. New and enlarged courses have been added to the curriculum of the law and medical schools; the new divinity hall and library is fast approaching completion; the courses in the college proper have been enlarged...
...Princeton-Yale game in our esteemed contemporary, the Yale News, "the fourth inning saw a change," "the next inning saw Yale retire," "the next inning saw three more runs," and "the eighth inning saw Yale again blanked." All these innings had reserved seats on the fence from which salient point they got this very accurate view of the game...