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Nothing so impresses one with the wonder of this country as to delve into its early history and draw comparisons with the present. The same is true of the University, following the country's fortunes almost from the first settlement. So it is not amiss, on the 150th anniversary of the burning of Harvard Hall, to read the quaint letter of President Holyoke's daughter, and realize the changes of so many years. Apparatus estimated at the value of fifteen hundred dollars, five thousand books and pamphlets-the largest library in America-and some furniture were lost in the Harvard...
...inmates of Hollis Hall are planning to hold next spring a celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of its erection. At the meeting to consider arrangements F. E. Richter '13 was elected permanent chairman. He appointed an organization committee made up as follows: D. E. Dunbar '13, G. T. Driscoll '13, H. J. Smith '13, and A. P. McMahon '13. When the exact nature of the celebration has been decided on, other committees will be chosen to look after details...
...Commemoration of 150th anniversary of Christ Church...
...Dyke is known throughout the country as a liberal thinker. He is at present professor of English literature at Princeton, where he graduated in 1873. He was pastor of the Brick Congregational Church of New York for a number of years and delivered the memorial ode at the 150th anniversary of Princeton. He is one of the preachers to the University and Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale. Dr. Van Dyke is the author of "The Poetry of the Psalms," "The Toiling of Felix, and Other Poems," "Ships and Havens," and several other books and poems...
...meeting on the 150th anniversary of the American Philosophical Society, which will be held at Philadelphia on April 3, Professor Trowbridge will read a paper on "The Spectra Gases at High Temperatures...