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DELEGATES from Amherst, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Trinity, Union, Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale met at Springfield, on Wednesday, April 7, Mr. Roberts of Trinity being in the chair. Hamilton did not send representatives, but delegates from Bowdoin were admitted, so that thirteen colleges were represented. The meeting was very harmonious, and a great deal of work was done. The racing rules were revised, and some changes made in the order and language, together with the following more important alterations...
...have been passed approving of the faithful services of Mr. Gladstone to his country, and condemning the conservatives in regard to their policy in the case of the endowed schools. It may be interesting to you to know that the smallest conservative majority on a question of politics was thirteen, and that on the question of Mr. Gladstone's programme at the time of the late dissolution. A motion in favor of cremation was passed by a large majority, whilst a motion against marriage with a deceased wife's sister was rejected by a large majority...
...course is almost perfect. At the start there is a width of over a mile, and, at the finish, of thirteen hundred feet; thus, at no part, could even the wildest steering possibly cause a foul. The water is reported to be clear of all weeds and grasses, and also very deep, even close to the shore. A road follows the lake on one side, near the bank, and on the other the ground is so high that a view of the course can be had from almost any position. At the finish the banks form an amphitheatre, from which...
...students with him in the affair, an association was formed, subscription papers sent out, Mr. Cornell gave a beautiful site overlooking the lake and surrounding country for many miles, and after determined and systematic work the undertaking may now be called, we are glad to say, an entire success. Thirteen hundred dollars have been subscribed, six hundred more is required for apparatus, and without doubt will soon be furnished by the students. The building, which is now in process of erection, will be of wood, about fifty-five by twenty-five feet; the plans and specifications have been furnished...
Even the student who spends his thirteen weeks in Europe, though he has doubtless enjoyed his vacation, returns scarcely better prepared for the ensuing year. For, in the way of amusement, he merely exchanges the Museum for the Bouffes Parisiennes, Brighton Road for the Bois de Boulogne, and Papanti's for the Mabille. To be sure, it is a great thing to see the world, make the grand tour, etc.; but visiting picture-galleries and palaces, and dreaming under the combined influence of a cigar and the Lake of Como, are very poor preparations for mathematics and logic, relieved only...