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...formal announcement of the winners of academic distinctions during the past year took place in the Fogg Lecture Room last night. Professor LeB. R. Briggs presided. Among the invited guests and members of the Faculty who occupied seats on the platform were Maj. H. L. Higginson hon. '82, Dr. Wm. Everett '59, Professors Morgan, Smith, Grandgent, Taussig, Wright and Wendell and the four class presidents...
...Among the speeches to be given on the morning of the first day at the South Congregational Church, Boston, are two by Harvard men: An address of welcome by Josiah Quincy '80, and a paper on "The Selection and Training of Colonial officials in England, Holland and France," by Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell '77. In the evening, Roger Wolcott '70, will give a second address of welcome...
...Friday sessions will be held in Sanders Theatre. Among other addresses, Professor S. M. Macvane will speak on "Democracy and Diplomacy," and the Hon. George F. Hoar '46, Edwin V. Morgan '90, and others will take part in a discussion on an historical subject. President Eliot will also give a brief address. Lunch at 1 p. m. will be given by the President and Fellows of Harvard College in Memorial Hall. Afterwards members will have an opportunity to visit Harvard and Radcliffe under guidance of the history clubs of the two colleges. At 3.30, the President and Corporation of Radcliffe...
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., have recently published a book by Colonel T. W. Higginson '41, entitled "Contemporaries." The volume is a valuable series of sketches, most of which have been previously published in magazines, of famous men and women contemporary with Colonel Higginson. Among the best known names are those of Emerson, Whittier, Grant, Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, and Theodore Parker. Colonel Higginson, in his simple and graceful style, has treated his subjects not as historical figures, but as living men and women. The sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, and Theodore Parker are thoughtful and appreciative, and the reminiscences...
...Griswold, Princeton' 99, president of the Intercollegiate Golf Association, which consists of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia, has called a meeting for Thursday evening next in New York. Among the changes to be discussed are the abolishing of the present system of scoring, and the transfer of the time of the championship tournament from the fall of the year to the spring. The application of the University of Pennsylvania for admission will also be acted upon. Harvard will be represented by G. C. Clark...