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...experiments is now being carried on in the Botanical Gardens by Mr. L. A. Scott '04, on forcing plants with alkaloids. Dr. Johansen, of Copenhagen, discovered that by treating certain dormant shrubs, or plants out of season, with ether, and then forcing them in a hot house, they would flower from eighteen to twenty days before the usual time. With this end in view Mr. Scott has performed a series of experiments with other alkaloids on different plants, with general success. He found that by treating the cotton plant with ether, it germinated before the control, or normal condition...
Following is the programme of the Pop Concert at Symphony Hall tonight: 1. Overture, "Bohemian Girl," Balfe 2. Intermezzo, "La Basoche," Messager 3. Waltz, "Cagliostro," Strauss 4. Flower Suite, Benyon 5. Overture, "Si j'etais Roi," Adam 6. Prelude, "Die Meistersinger," Wagner 7. La Lettre de Manon, Gillet 8. La Belle au Bois Dormant, Tschaikowski 9. Overture, "Zampa," Herold 10. Waltz, "Barcarole," Waldteufel 11. Selection, "Fortune-teller," Herbert 12. Hungarian March, Moldauer
...many years pastor of the Brick Presbyterian church in New York, but is at present professor of English at Princeton University. He is widely known as the author of a number of very popular books, among them, "Fisherman's Luck," "Little Rivers," "The Ruling Passion," and "The Blue Flower...
...following courses at the Prospect Union are conducted this year by students of the University: Reading and Spelling, A. H. Morse '08 and S. S. Drury '01; Reading and Writing, B. Wendell, Jr., '09 and H. H. Flower '01; Rhotoric and Composition, B. A. Hollister '08; Grammar, L. D. Humphrey '01; Debating, H. P. Chandler '01; Eiccution, M. Seasongood 1L.; Political Economy, P. P. Chase 1L.; Elementary Latin, J. W. Webster sL.; Elementary French, L. B. Cummings '03; Advanced French, C. Blagden '02; Elementary German, G. O. Carpenter '02; Advanced German, R. P. Angier 2G.; Elementary Arithmetic, L. S. Jackson...
...flower may possibly be a mere combination of grass, a whiff of vapor; but it is not also far more? What is to be said of its beauty, of the mystery surrounding its growth? The cross itself is but a couple of beams; but does this tell of it as a refuge for the sinner, as a triumphant emblem of faith? Surely this faith is the real thing, worth having, not the power to analyze that of others. Science has its place, but it has also its limitations. For one thing, the spiritual life cannot be weighed or measured...