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...year in the Russian colleges was probably anything but a happy one, owing to the university regulation recently promulgated by the government. The prevalence of socialistic doctrines at the universities has always been a thorn in the flesh of the Russian Government, and it is now resolved to eradicate the evil by the most rigorous measures. Hereafter the universities are to be under the immediate supervision of the police. A body of special police is to be installed within the walls of each university; a most rigid scrutiny of the doings of the inmates is to be maintained; and thus...
...courses of freshman work, notably the required work in mathematics. To say that this radical change has been hailed with enthusiasm by the students most concerned in its operation is but a mild statement. As far back as student memory reaches, the mathematics of freshman year has been a thorn in the flesh to generations of incoming classes. It is almost appalling to attempt the task of estimating the number of mathematics conditions which have, like a cloud before the sun, obscured the prospect of a degree to many of our fellow students. But all this, be it thankfully said...
...college tennis tournament this autumn promises to be closer and more interesting than in former years. S. Thorn and Knapp of Yale, J. Clarke, formerly Harvard, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Brinley of Trinity, make a formidable list of players. But, if Harvard has not the powerful incentives to organized team work that some colleges enjoy, she has long since shown her ability to win in anything that is a matter of individual work. With Sears, M. S., and Taylor, '86, we are sure of the tennis championship. Mr. Sears is head and shoulders above any player in this...
Thou art the keen thorn that dost bid me beware...
...Matin Song; No. 2, "I wore your roses yesterday"; No. 3, Early Springtime; No. 4, Moonlight. "My love 's a little Fishermaid" (Song), by Berthold Tours. "Little darling, sleep again" (Cradle Song), by Arthur Sullivan. Coming (Song) and Shadow (Song), by George L. Osgood. Star, Rose, and Thorn (Song), by Richard Heard. The Rescued Colors (Song), by Campana. Idylle, by Rafael Joseffy. Pokcaha (Grand March), by F. Mnhkyca. L'Eclair (Cornet and Piano), Halevy...