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The Brooklyn College Conference.

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The College Conference, which was held last Tuesday in Association Hall, Brooklyn, was a most interesting and largely attended meeting. There were representatives from a score of colleges and a few preparatory schools, the president of the Syrian Protestant College at Beyroot, Syria, even being present. President Seth Low of Columbia presided, but made no address, and the Rev. Dr. R. R. Meredith opened the conference with prayer. The president of Princeton made a brief address and was followed by Professor Fisher of Yale, who spoke of "College Education and the Opportunities and Obligations Resulting from it." President Gates of Amherst came next with "College Men as Leaders" for his theme. Then President Raymond of Wesleyan spoke of "The Philosophy of Method," and President Andrews of Brown University on "The Moral and Religious Value of Higher Education." President Eliot, as has been stated before, was unable to be present. A letter was read from the Rev. Frederick A. Farley, class of '18, (who, at the age of ninety-one years, is Harvard's senior alumnus,) in which the writer expressed his deep regret that his health prevented his being present.

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