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Dates: during 1880-1889
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President Barnard of Columbia, in his last annual report, has recommended the abolition of the undergraduate department of the college. His intention is to turn Columbia into a university composed of different schools, in which graduates of other colleges may pursue special lines of study. It is certainly true that the undergraduate department of Columbia has not progressed in proportion to the School of Mines and the School of Law, nor proportionately to the advances made by the undergraduate departments at Harvard and Yale. One reason given for this is that at Columbia the essence of college life, such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/21/1888 | See Source »

VACATION NOTICE.- Before leaving Cambridge call and look at our flannel for pants and blazers at reduced prices. Special line of French flannel shirts at $2.50. JAMES W. BRINE, 10 and 11 Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 6/21/1888 | See Source »

VACATION NOTICE.- Before leaving Cambridge call and look at our flannel for pants and blazers at reduced prices. Special line of French flannel shirts at $2.50. JAMES W. BRINE, 10 and 11 Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 6/20/1888 | See Source »

...yard entrances will be between Holworthy and Thayer, Weld and Grays, and between Stoughton and Holden. The exits will be between Matthews and Grays, University and Thayer, and between Holworthy and Stoughton. There will be a special entrance and exit for those coming in carriages between Harvard and Massachusetts. There will also be a special entrance for graduates in front of Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 6/18/1888 | See Source »

...people who would rather see contests between collegians than professionals. The reason is that no taint of jockeying attaches to what the college boys do. There is every motive for extreme effort, and public opinion would discountenance every victory by a trick. This trait of disinterested honesty gives a special interest to expressions of political opinion by college men. Moreover, as they are alert in forming opinions, an idea of what the progresive intelligence of the country thinks on current topics can best be gathered, short of the verdict of the polls, by knowing what the students think. Thus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 6/16/1888 | See Source »

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