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...Modern Language electives are large, junior German for example having 96 men, and junior French 76 men. The scientific electives are comparatively small, the largest being Botany, with 33 juniors, and the smallest Dr. J. D. Dana's elective in Geology with 2 seniors. Take this with Prof. Whitney's Sanskrit elective of 1 student, and the fact that some of the greatest professors often have the smallest electives becomes very visible. In the Mathematical electives there are only 17 students in all. The whole senior class has 121 members and the juniors 144.-Princetonian...
...number from each class shall not be the same, but graded according to the length of time which the classes have been in college, that the senior class have the largest delegation, the junior next, and so on, down through the sophomores to the freshmen, who shall have the smallest. It seems manifestly unfair that the seniors with all their experience in college, should not be able to outvote the freshmen who have just entered, or the sophomores who have only been here a year...
...numbers of Professors in each special faculty at Cornell has been considerably increased this year ; the largest-Philosophy and Science-contain eleven professors each, and the smallest-Architecture-five...
...there seems to be no valid reason for closing its account, even temporarily, as is suggested by the directors. The difficulty is a very simple one, and for all that appears on the surface, easy of remedy. Where an active and prosperous business was done at first on the smallest possible salaries and in the most economical way, there are now payments made for salaries sufficient to eat up all that is raised from a largely increased menbership, paying an increased fee. If the society on a simple basis, employing only one person and carrying very little stock...
...something more quiet than peanuts or candy,-say, chewing gum. Chewing gum is both soft and sweet, is warranted not to hurt the tender gums or the growing teeth, and possesses the additional advantage of being able to be used with comparative quiet. It is perfectly harmless ; even the smallest child can use it without injury. Moreover, the late Lydia E. Pinkham recommended it, and thousands have testified as to perfect efficiency. With such a valuable article in the market at a comparative low cost, we see no reason why the would-be chewer in the library need...