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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enthusiastic descriptions from graduates may be looked upon as colored by time, but the clear explanation of men who are on the spot, living the life and doing the work must carry the force of authority. With the fortunate selection of able contributors who are peculiarly well suited to discuss their topics, with the inclusive range of these topics, and with the special feature of numerous illustrations, the volume must necessarily be attractive enough to catch a schoolboy's attention, interesting enough to tempt him to make use of it, and sufficiently complete to give him a true picture...
...purpose that the latest issue of the Monthly is unusual. More important--it appears, from the quality of the articles included, that the editors' venture was wise. Mr. Santayana will be happy to see his work so warmly appreciated by the group of men who have thus undertaken to discuss it, and will be particularly gratified to recognize that in so doing they have caught something of his own rare spirit. His own attitude--judicial but generous, frank but reverent, cultivated but strong--is reflected in their essays concerning his. Nor does one note as much difference as one would...
...notable series of lectures already given in the Union this year will be that by Mr. H. Roswell Bates tonight upon "The New York Underworld." Mr. Bates, by reason of his long service as director of the famous Spring Street Settlement House, in New York, is peculiarly qualified to discuss the social problems presented by the "underworld" of the metropolis. His frank and vivid descriptions of the appalling evils arising from the congested life of the tenements have interested and aroused large audiences of college men at the Northfield Conferences, at Yale, at Princeton, and at other colleges. His wide...
...third and last of the Cutler Lectures on Preventive Medicine will be given at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Amphitheatre of Building E of the Medical School, on Longwood avenue, Boston. Professor G. C. Whipple will discuss "The Use of Vital Statistics with Power...
...conference of Christian Association presidents which began at Phillips Brooks House last evening, we see another striking example of the growth of serious religious work among college men. Some seventy-five delegates from thirty or more institutions within a radius of three hundred miles have gathered here to discuss Christian Association work. To the greetings which have already been extended to all the delegates by the Association, and by those members of the University who are caring for visitors over Sunday, the CRIMSON adds its welcome; and also wishes them a pleasant and successful stay...