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...this friendly message, which is the first reference to this subject in the correspondence between the German authorities and Harvard University, the following answer has been sent...
...standard. The editorial is a sensible and tactfully written discussion of the question of Freshman clubs; and in "Varied Outlooks," J. Richardson, Jr., writes moderately in defence of athletics. The points he makes are good points, but they do not always bear on the objections they are meant to answer. Team-play does indeed cultivate honesty and unselfishness, but it is quite possible without the commercializing of athletics, which it is here used to defend. In "The Poet who Dies Young," Van Wyck Brooks makes a plea against materialism. Compared with Mr. Brook's writing of last year, this retains...
...leading article in the September number of the Graduates' Magazine is the speech delivered last June before the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa by Hon. James Bryce. In a discussion of the eternally perplexing problem of Progress, it presents rather the difficulties in the way of answering the question,--"Has mankind on the whole advanced?"--than any actual definition or answer. Mr. Bryce points out that material progress, which is obvious and easy to determine, by no means involves intellectual and moral progress. The sum of human happiness, which ought to be a certain index of progress, cannot possibly...
...choosing the slashing style, in throwing other critics out of court. Such phrases as "critical ephemeridae", "there is a great deal of nonsense written", are likely to put the reader out of sympathy with the writter, who has the whole field to himself; the other fellow cannot answer back. But Mr. Simonson is very happy in such phrases as these: "Holbein did not paint the court of Henry VIII; he painted the eternal beauties of texture in terms of English noblemen. Velasquez did not paint the court of Philip II; he painted the eternal beauties of light in terms...
...conduct an information bureau this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon for the benefit of the members of the visiting teams who come to Cambridge to compete in the Intercollegiate Track Meet. The bureau will be in the Locker Building, and two men will be on hand throughout each afternoon to answer questions and to give any other aid, which is in their power. Writing materials will be furnished without charge, and stamps and postal cards will be sold. The following men will be in charge of the undertaking: J. S. Davis '08, G. Emerson '08, J. S. Whitney...