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Several Harvard men were enrolled at the regular session of the Bermuda Biological Station which extended last summer from June 21 to August 7. The new station is located on Agar's Island, near the entrance to Hamilton Harbor. This island contains about three acres of land, and has numerous substantial buildings. It was formerly used by the British government for the storage of ammunitions of war, and for the accommodation of the necessary garrison. It has been secured by the Bermuda History Society for the purposes of a public acquarium and a station for biological research...
Moreover, the excise law is practically irrepealable. In the state legislature, which alone has the power to annul the law, New York City has only one-third of the representatives and according to Mr. John G. Agar, in Municipal Affairs for December, "upstate sentiment is unanimously opposed to the legalization of the Sunday saloon." Theodore Roosevelt was put at the head of those forces which could repeal this law, and failed because his enforcement took effect only on the people of New York City and made the law obnoxious. As Dr. Abbott said a few weeks ago, the old truism...
...Agar, a woman in the suite of Athalie, Miss Josephine Sherwood (Radcliffe...