Word: generalisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor J. W. Platner will deliver the third of a series of eight conferences on "The Fundamental Principles of Christianity" in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House this evening at 7 o'clock. Professor Platner will speak on this general subject, while the remaining addresses will have more specific subjects. These conferences, conducted jointly by Professor F. G. Peabody '69, Professor Jcsiah Royce and Professor J. W. Platner, are intended especially for students in the graduate and professional schools, but are open to all members of the University...
...noteworthy feature of the report on athletic finances published today is the general decrease in the receipts of the minor sports, which we attribute to two causes. The first is the falling off in the amount of subscriptions, for last year only about $7,900 was subscribed as against $9,144.39 the year before. The decrease may possibly be accounted for by a lack of diligence among the collectors, but we believe that it is due chiefly to the growing antagonism to the subscription system. If that system were abolished, the profits of the Association would be materially lessened...
...financial statement of the Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, published in the adjoining column, shows numerous variations from the table of the preceding year which is published for purposes of comparison. The first item, "Care of Buildings and Grounds," varies little from year to year. Expenses on the general account are larger because of certain increases in salary. Permanent improvements include chiefly a baseball diamond in the southwest corner of Soldiers Field and a railway for hauling up the floats and runways at both the Newell and Weld boathouses...
...general topic for the morning session was "Present Educational Needs." M. L. Perrin, professor in Boston University and superintendent of schools in Wellesley, delivered the first address. He pointed out the lack of home influence on students in the grammar schools and said that they must be worked with individually. Professor W. T. Foster '01 of Bowdoin College emphasized the need of backbone in college administration to prevent standards from being lowered for the sake of larger numbers. H. W. Holmes '03, chairman of the Committee on Educational Progress, then read an abstract from his report...
...Treasurer of Athletics for the year 1907-08, which has been submitted to the Athletic Committee, is compared below with a corresponding synopsis of the Graduate Treasurer's report for 1906-07: 1907-08 1906-07 Receipts Expenses Receipts Expenses Care of buildings and grounds, $10,068.58 $11,781.05 General account, 2,495.86 9,697.61 3,735.46 7,836.33 Permanent improvements, 7,107.46 6,077.71 University Baseball, 20,027.95 12,526.56 18,506.89 10,161.37 University Boat Club, 3,899.19 12,235.78 3,202.65 10,770.56 University Football, 82,546.37 19,894.97 64,960.14 24,216.50 Track Team...