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Professors Edward C. Moore, Leo Wiener, J. W. Platner, G. A. Reisner, T. N. Carver, W. S. Ferguson, and A. M. Tozzer have leave of absence for the whole of the current academic year; Mr. W. C. Ford, Professors A. C. Coolidge and Maxime Bocher, Dr. H. L. Gray, Professors W. F. Dearborn and W. E. Rappard, for the first half-year; Professors Ephraim Emerton. W. G. Pierce Clifford H. Moore, G. H. Chase, Lonis Allard, and Theodore Lyman for the second half-year...
There is an article in the current number of the Illustrated that should command the careful attention of every man really interested in the welfare of Harvard, and that article is Mr. Farrington's earnest plea for "A Harvard Press Association." Harvard is peculiarly unfortunate in being placed in the near vicinity of the Boston newspaper world, for while most of the papers are really desirous of printing the right kind of news about Harvard there are one or two which consistently persist in publishing false and malicious stories concerning the student life in the University. Although these papers...
Other notable articles in the current issue are those by Mr. Allen on "Why a Harvard Man Should Join a Harvard Club," and "Harvard and Social Service," by Mr. Hamlin. Although Mr. Maxwell, in his article on "The Private Dormitories of the Future," seems to have solved to his own satisfaction the social problem at Harvard, there is still some doubt in the mind of the average reader of his article as to whether or not the acquisition of the private dormitories by the University would be a wise thing. The article is well worth reading, however, and there...
...David A. Wells Prize in economics for the current year has been awarded to Norman Scott Brien Gras, Ph.D. '12, of London, Ontario, for a thesis, entitled "The Evolution of the English Corn Market (1100-1700)". This prize of $500 is offered for the best thesis, embodying the results of original investigation, upon some subject in the field of economics...
...purpose of the Speakers' Club is an admirable one--"to further the oral expression of representative opinion on current college problems; to maintain an open Forum in the University." It deserves commendation for its increasing success. One note of warning, however, the CRIMSON feels called upon to sound in the midst of the recent prosperity. There is the danger of the Club deteriorating into a merely social organization unless each year there is definite provision made for maintaining the worthy aims and activities of the Club. This possibility would obviously defeat the purpose for which the Club was founded...