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...Solomon Lincoln '57, and J. C. Gray '59, and originally prepared for a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a less intimate but equally interesting and appreciative sketch of the late Gen. Lawton, by W. G. Brown '91. The other special articles are "Migration," by R. M. Alden A. M. '96; a review and brief summary of "Professor Royce's Gifford Lectures," recently published, by Richard C. Cabot '89; a brief history of the "Delta Upsilon at Harvard," by F. G. Cook '82; and a description of the University's famous "Mineralogical Collection," by J. E. Wolff...
...Migration," Mr. Alden comments on the growth of the American student's tendency to move frequently from one university to another. He points out that although the broadening advantages of this movement are many, especially to the smaller universities, yet one bad feature exists in that both students and universities are, "perhaps, somewhat distracted from simplicity and directness of aim." Yet these disadvantages "Seem to be only those incidental to any progressive condition and to be greatly out weighed by the gains reaped by both students and universities." "From a Graduates' Window" comes a remarkably well-informed and vigorous protest...
...Considerable interest has been felt in the new courses of study opened this year in banking, commerce and diplomacy. Other new courses are offered in debating, one being very similar to what was so long known at Harvard as "English 6." These courses are under the direction of Dr. Alden of the English department, who was for a time connected with the English department at Harvard...
...brief talk on the southern mountaineer as New England's ally in the Civil War, and will read passages from "The Kentuckians"; "Courtin' on Cutshin'," "Hell fer Sartain," "A Trick o' Trade," "Preachin' on Kingdom Come," "The Passing of Abe Shivers," and "The Message on the Sand." Mrs. May Alden Ward will preside...
Committee.- Henry M. Alden, E. L. Burlingame, Beverly Chew, Charles B. Foote, Jeannette B. Gilder, Richard Watson Gilder, Clarence King, Gustav E. Kissel, John La Farge, Will H. Low, James McArthur, S. S. McClure, Augustus St. Gaudens, Charles Scribner, J. Kennedy Tod, Geo. E. Waring...