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...second for the negative, said that owing to the excellent results of unrestricted immigration, it would be a poor policy to put immigration under restriction. Moreover, it would be far more advisable to send agents to Europe to solicit immigration, so as to enable this country to compete with South American states in their inducements to immigrants. The question arises; How can the natural resources, great as they are, be employed, if we restrict a steady flow of men from Europe, who have done so much towards discovering these resources...
...back promptly after the recesses; but if this is the only thing which will be accomplished the regulation will certainly arouse much dissatisfaction. The vacations are all very short, the one at Christmas being so short that it hardly means a vacation to those whose homes are in the South and West, But at present it is no very difficult matter for a student so to arrange his work that he can increase his recess a little at each end without seriously interfering with his college duties. The amendment to the college regulations will make it impossible to do this...
...ancient site. It is a later structure than the Parthenon. The ground plan of the temple was unique, differing from every other known example of a Greek temple. Instead of the usual oblong figure with a portico at each end, the Erechtheum had projecting porticoes on the north and south sides, and a portico at only one end, the eastern one. On the southern side is the Porch of the Maidens, one of the best known specimens of Greek architecture. The skill displayed here in the use of human figures in the architicture is unsurpassed. The northern portico was most...
...sophomore crew have sold their paper shell to members of the Shawmut Boat Club of South Boston...
...College at Annapolis, Georgetown College, now in the District of Columbia, a college at Frederick, the Washington College at Charlestown, and a Methodist college at Abingdon. Virginia had three colleges, William and Mary, Hampden Sidney College, and Washington College, which has since become Washington and Lee University. Lastly in South Carolina, was the College of Charlestown...