Word: books
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...four libraries belonging to the Christian Association, the St. Paul's Society, the Social Service Committee, and the Religious Union have been joined into one library, which will be kept in the Randall Room of Phillips Brooks House. The collection of books thus formed will contain about 800 volumes, contributed as follows by the four societies: 350 from the Christian Association; and 150 each from the St. Paul's Society, the Social Service Committee, and the Religious Union. Each of the books will be marked with the book plate of the society to which it formerly belonged, so that...
...contents of the Illustrated Magazine for November are as follows: "A Review of Tennis," by R. R.; "A Yankee Doodle Cupid," by J. C. Fisher '09; "Montallegro," by M. S. Watts 1L.; "Misanthropos," by R. Altrocchi '08; "The Prince Manuscript," by J. Adams, Jr., '08; Editorials; Book Reviews...
There is an appreciative notice of Barrett Wendell's latest work, "The France of Today," and a bit of severe but just criticism of a volume of poems by the young German-American poet, George Sylvester Viereck. The latter notice is a model of a book review. On barely a page we are given in telling sentences a characterization of the man and his poetry, without the omission of anything really essential
...possible remedy for this difficulty the suggestion is made that a general memorandum book should be started in the Union, and the Union authorities have expressed themselves as willing to give the plan a trial. It is hardly necessary to say that the value of the book will depend entirely upon the spirit with which it is used. An incomplete record is scarcely better than none at all, and in some cases much confusion might result from the omission of important dates. The CRIMSON will be glad to assist as far as lies within its power, but as many meetings...
...annual fall clothing and book collection of the Social Service Committee will be taken up this week. The collectors appointed will try to call at every room in their buildings, but in case a man has things to give and is not seen by a collector he is urged to notify the collector in his building. It is hoped that the collection may be an unusually large one this fall, as more requests for clothing, books and magazines have been received than the Social Service Committee can hope to fill. The text-book loan library in Phillips Brooks House, supplied...