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The annual congress of presidents of the New England colleges was held Nov. 3 in Williamstown, the visitors being handsomely entertained by the president and faculty at Williams College. The colleges composing the association are Harvard, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Boston University, Trinity, Williams and Tufts; and they are represented by Presidents Eliot, Porter, Robinson, Seelye, Beach, Bartlett, Warren, Pynchon and Carter, respectively. Tufts College was represented by Professor Shipman. There were also in attendance Professors Newton of Yale, Palmer of Harvard, Westgate of Wesleyan, Williams of Brown and Rice of Williams. The leading topic brought up in this meeting was "Philosophy;" next fall the subject will be "Modern History." The chief interest in the session centred on the treatise prepared and delivered by the aged and honored philosopher, Mark Hopkins, of Williams, entitled, "The Best Method of Teaching Philosophy."
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