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...paragraphs in The Nation of December 20, 1894, making the fifty-three 'immortals' whose names are inscribed on the drum of the dome of the new House of Representatives in Boston a text for emphasizing the influence of college-bred men, are wholesome reading, and seem to have been much commented on in college journals. They have called to my mind an investigation made some years ago to ascertain what proportion of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the framers of the Constitution were college-bred...
...There are no public baths in the town. The Gymnasium has a few, but very few. In the CRIMSON I have seen more than one complaint of their deficiency. In this respect Harvard is far behind Yale, whose noble gymnasium is amply supplied. It has been said, and with some reason too, that Harvard has only to make its wants known when a benefactor speedily arises. I trust that the voice of a stranger may reach a rich man's ears and remove this reproach from a great University...
...Alice Freeman Palmer has resigned her position at the University of Chicago and will spend next year in Europe with her husband, Professor G. H. Palmer, whose sabbatical year comes next year...
...Testament, which was wholly Asiatic. Between the book of Malachi, the last of the Old Testament series, and the birth of Christ, tour hundred years elapsed. These four centuries mark the transition period of the Jewish people from a simple, agricultural community to a powerful commercial people, whose land had been changed and improved under the influence of Roman civilization. If we are to understand the means by which the religion of Christ was spread abroad among the nations of the world, we must know the history of the transition period. This is contained in the books of the Apocrypha...
...with unnecessary roughness, and one shows a badly battered head which he alleges was received at the hands of a policeman. The aggrieved students declare that they will appear before the board of police commissioners at their next meeting and prefer charges of brutality against a number of patrolmen whose numbers the Yale men have obtained. Five Yale men were arrested during the crush at the fire, charges of obstructing the sidewalk and resisting the officer being preferred against them. They were bailed out late last night and appeared in the City Court this morning. The room was crowded with...