Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second special report in History XIII is due on Saturday. The third special report was given out yesterday and is due February...
...colleges to the study of pedagogy. He declares that class reports show that teaching is universally more popular than any profession excepting the law and medicine, and yet the profession of teaching receives absolutely no attention at our universities. He further says, "The fact that teaching comes second and third on the list, although sufficient to show that some preparation for it should be provided, by no means shows the full importance of the subject. When we call to mind the very large number of college graduates who, though not teachers themselves, are serving on school committees as directors...
...resolution to withdraw is a firm "declaration on Harvard's part that she has become dissatisfied with the state of intercollegiate athletics" Harvard does not profess to be much better than her neighbors; she confesses her sins, and, as some one must make a stand, she does it. The second resolution, however, undoes everything the first one accomplishes. The first resolution is a step towards purity in college athletics, the second looks as though Harvard had eagerly seized an opportunity of forming a dual league with Yale; it seems as though purity in athletics is not the only desired...
...leading article in the Century for December is the Selections from Wellington's Letters, by Mrs. Davies-Evans. The extracts are from his correspondence with Mrs. Jones of Pantglas in 1851-2 and reveal a side of the Iron Duke which his biographers have hitherto left unnoticed. The second part of Mr. Jefferson's autobiography contains chiefly an account of his experience starring in the south in connection with Burton, Burke, Owen, Wallack and other actors of the forties. The history of Abraham Lincoln by Hay and Nicolay is drawing to a close, the topic for this number being...
William H. Crane began the second and last week of his engagement at the Hollis Street theatre last evening. "The Senator" has proven a great success, and during last week the capacity of the theatre was tested at every performance. As Senator Rivers, Mr. Crane has won a greater triumph than in any other character he has essayed, and without doubt his remaining appearances will be largely attended...