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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Bishop Lawrence spoke of the life and mental development of Phillips Brooks. Some men come to College with their minds already turned towards the study of a profession, but Phillips Brooks came rather to get a liberal education. Simple and companionable, he was capable of sympathy with all human interests. His note-books show that he was a much deeper man than even his most intimate friends realized. Without any of the eccentricities of genius, Phillips Brooks stood out as the great normal man, beside whom others seemed small. He was always an optimist, because he was a devout Christian...
...years 1890-1900 a greater number of scholarships have been added than in any previous decade. The bequests have come from all sources and represent, as nearly as can be estimated, an income of about $12,000 which is more than was realized by all the bequests up to thirty-five years...
...will compete for the class championship on May 4. The subject for this debate will be presented on April 5 and the men will be chosen by April 12, a few days before the spring vacation. All these arrangements are based on the supposition that the Yale debate will come at the usual time, the first week in March. Unless this date can be changed the Yale debate trials will have to come before the mid-year examinations. It is probable, however, that Yale will not consent to a change of date because of the necessity of preparing...
...Natural History Society is this year at work upon a project undertaken over a year ago and which will not be completed for three or four years to come. This work consists in making a detailed map of all the country in the immediate vicinity of Cambridge with reference to trees, plants, birds, minerals and hills. An idea of the size of the map itself may be gained from the fact that the drawings will be made on the scale of five inches to the mile. The present officers of the society are: M. L. Fernald '97, president...
...Harvard graduates of New York will give an additional $15,000 towards the construction of the University boat house, which, in addition to the insurance received from the old building, will bring the total cost of the new structure to $43,000. The entire amount has come from the same source...