Word: subjects
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...illustrated, and its articles will be written by well known authors. It will be more than a "Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge," as it will embody a complete dictionary of the English language. It will give more than mere definitions of words, as it will offer general knowledge on every subject possible. The work is modelled after Stormonth's Dictionary and Chamber's Encyclopedia, though it will not follow the plan of either work closely. The price per volume will be, cloth, 50 cents; half morocco, 65 cents. The book will fill a great need and be a valuable acquisition...
Joseph Cook, in his lecture yesterday noon, in Tremont Temple, Boston, spent some time in discussing the subject of college prayers at Harvard...
...have had many complaints, in writing and otherwise, upon the subject of giving out the marks for the mid-year examinations. There are several instructors who refuse to let their class even know the marks until the average for the year comes out in midsummer. This seems to us rather unfair. A man cannot work as zealously and conscientiously if he is utterly in the dark as to his standing or his chances of getting through a course for the year. If a man gets a low mark on the mid-years and knows it he can apply himself more...
...trainer will be chosen by the officers. It is probable that the Manhattan Rink building will be selected as a training place for the nine. The subject of entering a league to be formed of Rutgers, Lafayette and Cornell was discussed, but the general wish was that games be arranged with all the prominent college nines, and try to overcome the disasters of last year by a good record the coming season. If the nine is successful this year, efforts will probably be made to enter the old league of Harvard, Yale and Princeton...
...Society, was delivered Monday evening by Mr. Donald G. Mitchell before a large audience in Livonia Hall. Mr. Mitchell has not lectured here since the winter of 1884-85, when he lectured on English literature to the University, and consequently this lecture attracted much attention. He took as his subject "Doctor Johnson and Some Old Clubmen of His Time," and followed the history of the Literary Club from the time of its foundation by the famous author and wit down to the present time. Mr. Mitchell's account of the doctor and his friends, Burke, Gibbons, Joshua Reynolds and Boswell...