Word: books
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Herodotus assumed the human interest in events, and his whole purpose was to entertain. The modern view asserts that history must be an end in itself and other things only incidental. Its value as a reference book of examples of crises and problems is hardly a sound theory, as history does not repeat itself...
...Harvard Club Book for 1907-08 is now on sale at the bookstores in the Square. The new volume contains a directory of officers and students of the University, a description of the principal undergraduate activities, and lists of the members and officers of the various clubs and societies...
...member of the University is eligible to enter, and must do so in the blue book at the Locker building before 6 P. M. Wednesday. All competitors, even though examined for track games since Jan. 1, must see Dr. Sargent at the Gymnasium today from 2 to 4 and get cards permitting them to run. This permit will last for the rest of the season...
...students of the Department of Architecture are to give this year, for the first time, a musical farce in three acts, entitled "The Mummy and the Lulu-Bird." The book and lyrics are by J. F. Hudnut '10, who will act as stage manager, and the music is by R. K. Fletcher '08. The manager is S. F. Kimball...
...University, or by a graduate of not more than three years standing. The Sargent prize of $100 is for the best metrical translation of an ode of Horace, and is open to Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. This year's subject is the seventh ode of the fourth book...