The Vassar Miscellany Volume 11 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...in the world is that of Leyden, in Holland. Its real estate alone is worth over four millions of dollars.--Ex. A Garfield professorship is soon to be established at Williams. Of the $50,000 necessary to endow such a chair over $35,000 has already been secured.--Ex. In the German universities, there are at least 7,000 American students.--Northwestern. Mental Science: Student--" And is there no smell or taste without some one to perceive them?" Prof.--" No." Student--"' Then there is no sweetness wasted on the desert air."--Ex. An American took the first prize in mathematics not long since at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.--Chronicle. The students at Cincinnati University have published a long statement, requesting the removal of their president.--Ex. Epitaph for a New Haven boarding house, ' Peace to its hashes "--Yale Record. About four per cent, of the Harvard students class themselves as agnostics or atheists.--Colby Echo. Nine per cent, of the Yale graduates become clergymen.--Colby Echo. Amherst last year graduated 79 Seniors; Bowdoin, 48: Brown, 43; Dartmouth, 75; Trinity, 19: Yale, 174; Harvard, 198; Williams, 53; West Point, 54; Princeton, 102.--Ex. She--" What a remarkable run Hazel Kirke had at Madison Square last winter " He--"Indeed, I had not heard of it What time did he make?"--Amherst Student. The following tale is being circulated about " Wild Oscar: " One day, while at lunch, he noticed some lilies on the table which were somewhat faded. After gazing pensively at them for a while, he said, "Poor things They are very, very weary." Then turning to the waiter: "Come take them to rest."--Columbia Spectator. We acknowlege the receipt of the following exc...