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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Such action should not be allowed to pass without protest. Harvard's two large sets of engravings are the only very valuable works of art in her possession, and without them it is difficult to see how even the diminutive Fogg Museum is to be filled: certainly no expenditure in that direction by the University can be expected. If, as we are told, "At the Fogg Museum the Gray and Randall collections would take about one-third of the total space for exhibition and administration purposes," there is surely no way in which such space could be more suitably occupied...
...class discriminated against by outside employers on leaving. - (3) Lower wages in neighborhood of colony. - (4) Industrial village will be unsuccessful. - (x) Dependent on uncollectable city refuse. - (5) Cooperative farms always have failed. - (x) Brook farm experiment, etc. - (c) The Oversea or Out-west Colony is objectionable. - (1) Difficult to procure suitable land. - (2) Few "farm" graduates wishing to go to the borders of civilization. - (3) Success of those who go is dubious. - (d) Farm colonies exceedingly hard to manage. - (e) Salvation Army officers have not unusual executive ability of this sort and have too little knowledge of social problems...
...this incipient professionalism appearing where it would naturally be least expected. Newspaper notoriety, it would seem, can only be checked by the proposed restriction of college games to college grounds and college people, with the falling off in public interest which would surely follow. The restriction might be very difficult to enforce, but the resulting elevation in the tone of all collegiate athletics would be ample repayment...
...inexperienced, will be gladly received on these delegations, though the committee wish it understood that this is strictly Christian work. A call also has come to the committee from several missions, asking that one or two men be sent to them regularly every week, to help in the more difficult work...
...owing to the severe weather it has been found necessary to postpone this until it becomes milder. Seven of last year's team are yet in college and from this it would seem that the baseball prospects are bright. However, the vacancies left by McKenzie and King will be difficult ones to fill. There is an unusually large number of candidates for the team; for the position of pitcher alone there are seventeen, but on the quality of them no judgement can as yet be passed, owing to the lack of sufficient practice. Pfeffer will in all probability coach...