Cornell has abandoned term examination and will here- equals 1 time Jennie's age then; hence the time that will after promote on term marks and term tests. The faculty of the Pierce School of Business now consists of twenty-six instructors and six officers and clerks. Prof. E. R. Musselman, former vice principal of Trenton Business College, and Prof. L. V. Maurer, who so satisfactorily taught the Christian Association classes in commer cial branches at Germantown and elsewhere, and Prof. Francis E. Heller, former manager of Stotz's Emporium, Brodheadsville, are now instructors in the business course. The Topeka schools began the year's work on September 17, with 401 enrolled in the high school, and over 5,000 in the city. The new high-school is a joy forever. The Toledo Board of Education has unanimously employed the entire corps of city teachers for a term of two years.-Ex. elapse must be 6 times Jennie's present age. 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