Word: currents
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...influence of Harvard men in the realm of letters and scholarship is well set forth in the current American Review of Reviews which devotes several of its pages to a review of the recent authoritative books on social and economic subjects, and to some of the worthy works in the sphere of literature. In connection with the problem of railroads, the review points out that the whole subject of railroad rates and regulations is covered with great thoroughness and clarity in a volume of Professor William Z. Ripley. Among the works treating industrial questions, is noted as worthy of commendation...
...crystallize undergraduate opinion unless its discussions are participated in by men from every branch of College activities. No student should be content to sit idly by while questions of the utmost importance to himself and the University are being disposed of by a small group of men passing current for an entirely representative body. The all-important question of the gymnasium and its relation to physical education are the subjects of discussion for this evening, and it is unquestionably to the interest of every Harvard man to sea that this meeting is well attended. The contributions from undergraduates toward...
...placed no restrictions on the use of this sum, their idea being to provide a fund for general purposes. Nearly all gifts made to Harvard are with definite stipulations, with the result that the authorities have not enough money which they can use at their own discretion to meet current needs. The length of time, which will elapse between when the date of the donation and the time when the money falls into the hands of the University should encourage the custom of giving unconditionally, and it is to be greatly hoped that future legators to the Mutual Foundation will...
...Harvard Musical Review" should be in the nature of a revelation. For there is not the conscientious and laborious filling-in of space which one often meets with in magazines devoted to the consideration of a single subject. Here, on the contrary, are assembled articles and notes on current musical matters of immediate interest and upon its element even more than upon literary excellence depends the life and power of an undergraduate publication such as this...
...current happenings of the University are followed in articles by Professor Merriman, explaining the new general examination for the A. B. degree, to be taken by those students who concentrate in the Division of History, Government, and Economics; by Mr. H. S. Thompson, who reviews the athletic record of the last five years; by Professor Briggs's ever interesting and refreshingly frank account of the Athletic Committee (reprinted from the President's report), and by an excellent article by Malcolm Donald '99, who points out that there is no foundation for the statement that the Union has not been successful...