Word: eliot
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...undertakings for the year have included: an opening reception; two religious services; and a series of conferences and smokers. Among those who have addressed the club are President Eliot, Mr. H. S. Carruth, Rev. J. C. Walsh, Hon. Bellamy Storer '67, Mr. Stephen O'Meara, Hon. C. A. DeCourcey, and Assistant Dean W. R. Castle. The average membership for the past year was 40; the dues have been increased from two to five dollars; and the average attendance at the open meetings has been...
...Music Lover," reviewed below by Professor Spalding, is by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, who has recently been nominated by President Eliot as lecturer in France for the coming year. Dr. Van Dyke has been professor of English literature at Princeton since...
...Undergraduate on Curtailing Athletics," and the "Student Life" department present the popular view of the matter. The records of current athletic events which the Graduates Magazine supplies, are more for reference than for news value and so are of necessity given in condensed from. The important sections of President Eliot's report are given separate from the quoted paragraphs on athletics. Reviews of recent books by Harvard men, class news and University notes occupy the remaining pages of this varied and interesting number
...Reverend Henry Van Dyke, D.D., h.'94, of Princeton has been nominated by President Eliot as lecturer at the University of Paris and other universities in France for the coming year. He will lecture at the University of Paris during the first semester and at provincial universities during the second semester on the subject: "The spirit of America, Its Expression in Literature, Education, and Social Effect." These lectures are made possible through the generosity of Mr. J. H. Hyde...
...there to be no Yard Concerts this year? There was a time when these informal performances by the musical clubs in the early summer evenings were each year expected as a matter of course, but last year it was only at President Eliot's suggestion that the clubs realized their incumbency to continue this excellent custom and then only one concert was given...