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...views on education, however, should most interest us. In a recent book entitled, "The American College," he discusses the advantages of a liberal over a technical education, an ideal which Harvard has always maintained. Under Dr. Sharpless' leadership, Haverford has not adopted the often ill-chosen title of "University." It has not entered the competition for numerical leadership, but has remained with Williams and Dartmouth, and indeed with such universities as Harvard, Yale and Princeton, as protestants to the modern commerialization of higher education...
Baedeker, in his guide-book, calls Mrs. Gardner's "the choicest collection of art in America". It includes Raphael's Portrait of Fedra Inghirami, the "Rape of Europe," by Titian, called by Rubens "the first picture in the world," and best known of all, the "Portrait of Thomas Howard," by Rubens. Botticelli, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, Giorgione and Cellini, are among the Italians represented, and there is a splendid group of canvasses by Rembrandt. This opportunity is one of which students who wish to broaden their interests should not fail to take advantage. One seldom is able to see in America...
...University who fully realize the extent of John Harvard's gifts to the University, and still fower probably who are acquainted with the character or the facts of the life of the man himself. Not many objects which were identified with John Harvard remain to us. Only one book of the library he gave to the College was saved from the fire, which razed Harvard Hall in 1764, and his house in Charles town was burned to the ground 11 years later
...book reviewer is on safe ground in describing the works under discussion; when he passes to generalizations about American fiction he becomes futile...
Only two persons may combine on the book of the play. The music must also be composed by no more than two. In order to be eligible for election or for receiving a prize, the composer must have at least six musical numbers accepted. All manuscripts must be typewritten and must be in the hands of F. H. Cabot '17, on or before January...