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Great surprise is being manifested over the recent decision of the town counsel to tax the university property. It is not clearly seen by many what legal grounds the assessors have to make Yale pay taxes for every dormitory yielding a revenue of over six thousand dollars, and for gymnasiums and other buildings yielding a like revenue. The university has always been exempt from taxation, and the intention of the town counsel to make an innovation in this line will doubtless meet with serious opposition from the university...
...BRINE, 1312-1436 Mass. avenue.CLUB HOUSE OR STUDENTS' DORMITORY.- The house 12 Dunster street, on the corner of Mount Auburn street, is to let. It can be seen only by application to M. P. White, 53 Devonshire street, Boston...
CLUB HOUSE OR STUDENTS' DORMITORY.- The house 12 Dunster street, on the corner of Mount Auburn street, is to let. It can be seen only by application to M. P. White, 53 Devonshire street, Boston...
...Acropolis has had an eventful history. It was first a citadel, the royal residence of the early kings of Athens and of the same age with Tiryns, Mycenx and Troy. Remains of Cyclopean walls are yet to be seen. The palace of the kings was destroyed, and a temple of Athena was built at the centre of the plateau; but the Acropolis was still a citadel, and was probably, in the sixth century B. C., the seat of residence of the Tyrants. It was captured and destroyed by the Persians; but was rebuilt by Pericles in the fifth century...
...upper room in the Fogg Art Museum have all, with the exception of those of Michael Angelo, been taken down and others substituted in their places. Those which have been on exhibition are now placed in the cabinets with the remainder of the collection, where they may still be seen by those desiring to make a study of such subjects. The collection now numbers about fifteen thousand, and it is intended, for the sake of variety, to change those on exhibition each year...