The Alumni Bulletin, Volumes 3-4The University, 1896 - Universities and colleges |
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Page 75 - For twenty years he has been a member of the American Medical Association and of the American Public Health Association.
Page 44 - ... the power of appointing officers of the minutest grade, they should have omitted to name him of the highest, who was to govern and preside over the whole. If this is not among the enumerated powers, it is believed it cannot be legitimately inferred, by construction, from the words giving a general authority to do all things expedient for promoting the purposes of the institution; for, so construed, it would render nugatory the whole enumeration, and confer on the Board powers unrestrained within...
Page 35 - The establishment of distinct " schools," in which great subjects were grouped ; for example, ancient languages, modern languages, mathematics, law and politics ; each school having its autonomy and its own standard of graduation. (5) The institution of constitutional government, in academic form, with an appointed president or chairman of the faculty, holding office for one year, but eligible for reappointment by the board of visitors. (6) The promotion of self-government among the students, with...
Page 46 - is wife (Not to mention the 'ousemaid an' cook), To come in an' 'ands up an' be still, An' honestly work for my bread, My livin' in that state of life To which it shall please God to call Me!
Page 2 - ... hundred and nine dormitories, sufficient each for the accommodation of two students, arranged in four distinct rows between the pavilions and hotels, and united with them by covered ways ; which buildings are all in readiness for occupation...
Page 75 - ... to architectural design or beauty; but within, the residence was so delightfully homelike that its unprepossessing exterior was soon forgotten. The most striking figure which greeted us was Colonel Carter. Of medium height, and rather slender build, his clear-cut military features were lit by an eye with an expression which could pass from that of the eagle to that of the gazelle, as occasion demanded. About his grizzled mustache and pointed beard played a smile of genuine welcome; and in his...
Page 46 - The greatest work which the coming century has to do in this country is to build up an aristocracy of thought and feeling which shall hold its own against the aristocracy of mercantilism. I would have more and more the appeal made to every young man who feels within him the ability...
Page 43 - We must go back to Athens to find another instance of a society so small in numbers and yet capable of such an outburst of ability and force.
Page 99 - To the University of Virginia, Jefferson's creation, the whole country is indebted for the following distinguished services to the higher education : (1) The recognition of real university standards of instruction and scholarship. (2) The absolute repression of the class-system and the substitution of merit for seniority in the award of degrees. (3) The first complete introduction of the elective system. (4) The establishment of distinct
Page 85 - Presidential election of that year, was the continuance or cessation of the war. A commission of three persons, eminent in position and intelligence, was accordingly appointed to visit Canada, with a view to negotiation with such persons in the North as might be relied upon to aid the attainment of peace.