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...exhibition of letters and documents bearing on the public and private life of Lord Nelson is to be seen at present in the Treasure Room of the Harvard College Library. The letters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from orders concerning battle formations to select portions of his correspondence with Lady Hamilton. Among the most interesting things in the collection are the letters to prominent persons of Nelson's time in England and elsewhere...
...entrance requirements, too, differ entirely from the ones now in use. In 1820 the prospective student had to be: "Well versed in the grammar of the English, Latin and Greek languages; in 'Virgil', Cicero's 'Select Orations', 'Salust', 'The Greek Testament', Dalzel's 'Collectanea Graeca Minora', 'Latin and Greek Prosody', 'Arithmetick', and 'Ancient and Modern Geography...
...complete the personnel of the Freshman Tea Dance Committee, Borden and his associates will select ten members of the first year class to assist in the arrangements, to handle the sale of tickets, and to usher at the function...
...than the benefits would compensate for), felt that the lines "had been saved from the consequences of a mistake." Professor Ripley foresaw "a distinct betterment of outlook for the future." Others thought otherwise. Liberal Walter Lippmann colyumed in the New York Herald Tribune: "The Commission has evidently tried to select particular commodities, which either have not fallen in price as much as others or are so bulky and necessary that they have to be carried on railroads anyway. From the shippers of these selected goods it hopes to extract about $125,000,000. . . . The proposal is a kind of emergency...
...great extent this charge is true. In some cases men are able to select three quarters of their courses from those open to freshmen and sophomores. In colleges that do not have a system of concentration that requires divisional or senior examinations for a degree, this is easily possible. The lowering of college standards is due to the pressure of secondary schools, who have always insisted that restrictions have been too high, but this relaxation has worked out badly for those students who wish to continue with graduate work...