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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...April 1 a unique competition closes. The Advocate, as all should remember, has offered prizes to graduates and undergraduates for essays of not more than six thousand words concerning problems of Harvard College or Harvard University. Here is a chance for the undergraduate or graduate to express his reforming views through a new channel. One hears suggestions on all sides many of which appear wise but most of which appear foolish. They come to the public eye in fragmentary and impressionistic form in editorials, in communications, or in speeches. If there is anything behind this, any enthusiastic and constructive thought...
...approaches when he has been looking forward to an early relief from his most strenuous cares, the department has to depend upon him more than ever. He is once more chairman. For one reason or another most of the rest of us are idle or absent. I want to express my earnest gratitude that he is still at the helm of our philosophical ship. May he be our guide on many another birthday. It makes me well to feel his guidance now. JOSIAH ROYCE...
Senor Manuel Beltran, Jr., Mexican-consul at Boston, will deliver a lecture on "Mexico" in Stoughton 20 this evening at 9 o'clock, under the auspices of La Sociedad Espanola. He will give a short review of Mexican history, but will not express any personal opinions concerning the revolution as he is in the employ of the government. The lecture will be in Spanish. All members of the University who are interested are cordially invited to attend Senor Beltran's lecture...
Many people dislike a formal creed, but a creed of some sort is necessary even to the atheist or the agnostic. The question is merely whether one should express his belief in his own individual way, or should adopt the thought and phrasing which have endured for ages...
This is the hey-day of "College spirit" at Harvard. The reviewer takes this occasion to call to the attention of its creators this deficiency in their program, and to express a hope that the near future will see the college magazines with the circulation they so richly deserve...