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...convention of college presidents has been held in New Haven for the past two days. President Dwight of Yale presides and the general object of the convention is a discussion of branches of education taught in the colleges. The convention will discuss ways by which a better feeling may be established among the students of the different colleges in place of the rivalry that now exists in consequence of the competition in athletics. The subject of college athletics itself is one of the most important under discussion. The conference may result in the formation of an association of the presidents...
...football game is not to be the only Harvard-Yale contest in Spring field on the 23rd. The interest of that day is to be supplemented by a match between the shooting teams of the two universities. Arrangements for the match are almost completed, and it is to come off in the morning. Last year the first Harvard-Yale clay pigeon match ever held was shot in Cambridge or rather at the clubs shooting grounds at Watertown, and our team won the honor of being the only Harvard 'varsity team that succeeded in lowering the blue...
...Thirty-two of the students were during the tenth year enrolled in the four undergraduate classes. Nine were freshmen, seven were sophomores, eleven belonged to the junior class, and five were seniors. To the members of the senior class certificates were awarded at the close of the year, certifying that they had during the previous year "pursued a course of study equivalent in amount and quality to that for which the degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred in Harvard college," and had "passed in a satisfactory manner examinations on that course corresponding to the college examinations." At the same...
...committee, and by the generosity of friends, and it now numbers 2893 volumes, many of which are of great value-an increase of 677 volumes. A number of books have been given to the library during the year, notably a collection of German and French books which came in two large boxes from an unknown source...
From the advance sheets of the catalogue a very encouraging account of the Professional Schools can be gathered. The Law School shows quite a gain in numbers over last year while the Medical department has more than doubled the number of two years ago. In the Divinity School the gain is not quite so marked but there is a slight increase over former years. A movement is now on foot to establish a Musical Department here. A committee has been appointed to solicit the necessary funds and the prospects are good that the plan will be carried...