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...changes he has introduced, though sometimes at first disliked, have always proved advantageous, and have shown that he regards the success of the Library as identical with its utility to the students. Still, there are other changes apparently desirable to which we would like to call attention. It seems some-what remarkable that a library which expends $15,000 annually in purchasing books should, nevertheless, oblige students to raise by subscription the $300 needed to support a reading-room, and should in no way encourage their voluntary efforts. The sum, it is true, is not large...
...glad to receive the Tufts Collegian, a monthly published at Tufts College. Its appearance is very creditable, and the articles fair, though rather too heavy and some-what commonplace...
...students of the University is evinced by the increase in the number seeking instruction there, it more than doubling each year. In order to meet this rather unexpected result, the corps of instructors had to be enlarged, more specimens of certain species had to be obtained, and a some-what different organization in the laboratories had to be effected. These things were successfully accomplished. The services of a gentleman from Zurich, Switzerland, have been secured for the lecture-room; also those of Mr. MacCready, one of our own naturalists. The laboratories will be under the supervision of Mr. Faxon. Notwithstanding...