Word: authority
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stories, "The Missing Volume" has possibilities of which the author does not take full advantage. It should have been done with greater subtlety, the ending especially, which is the obvious. The sketch itself is fairly original, and by no means badly done, but the style is unfortunately loose and somewhat careless. "Freshmen and Philanthropy," while somewhat conventional in certain respects, is decidedly amusing, and it contains something of a moral, which, however, is never allowed to become intrusive. It is decidedly better than the other college story. "Histrionics," which does not rise above the average undergraduate medley of athlete, gullible...
...Department of Classics has arranged a series of six lectures, to be given by Mr. G. G. A. Murray, a well-known English author and dramatist, during the latter part of April and the early part of May. These lectures will probably be given in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, and will be open to the public. They will deal with the history of traditional poetry in Greece, beginning with the earliest Greek poetry and extending to the period of tragedy and comedy...
...National Municipal League has established an annual prize of $100, called the "William H. Baldwin Prize," to be given to the author of the best essay on a subject connected with municipal government. For the year 1906-07 the competition will be limited to undergraduate students registered in a regular course in any college or university of the United States offering distinct instruction in municipal government. The prize will be awarded by judges selected by the executive committee of the league, and the name of the winner will be announced at the next annual meeting...
...Hope of Immortality," by C. F. Dole '68, presented by the author...
...York Evening Post; and editor of "Good Government," the official organ of the National Civil Service Reform League. He was a member of the United States Indian Commission during Cleveland's administration, and is at present United States Commissioner of Indian affairs. Mr. Leupp is the author of several books on the civil service...