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This afternoon Dr Wheeler will deliver his sixth and last lecture on "Athenian Acropolis." These lectures have given men at college a good opportunity to hear something about the ancient architecture of Athens, and many have availed themselves of the privilege thus far. As this lecture ends the series all who can are urged to attend to night...
...vigorous than elsewhere in America. Furthermore the ratio of higher thinkers to high livers is continually rising, as the library and office statistics show. The great populace at the University is apt to slur over moral laxity in a man provided he is affable and kindly, i.e., a 'good fellow.' Yet it is undeniable that the feeling of contempt, for vice and extravagance, gathers strength among all as the four years pass. The influence of the sporting men, of men of fashion, and of the heavy subscribers to athletic games (i. e., of the fast set), which is overwhelming...
...rely upon themselves and confine their comments upon their contemporaries to friendly and usually straightforward criticisms. The proposed dinner is a rational outcome of the tendency towards co-operation, and of the decroase in the spirit of rivalry. We are sure it will call forth great enthusiasm and much good feeling and hope the plan will be successfully carried...
...make this list full, and to give a correct idea of the good which the gymnasium has done, it is necessary for all who can, to be examined and to have their records tablulated. This list will not only be of interest to the members of the University, but will go out to show the public in what condition the physical life of Harvard is. It will also be to the world at large, a stronger plea for college athletics and the gymnasium work necessarily attendant, than an athletic victory...
...Haven, preached at Appleton Chapel last evening. He read as the evening lesson portions of the eleventh chapter of Revelations, selecting the nineteenth verse as the text for his sermon. He said that the old Hebrew-Christian belief that there is a heavenly consummation of every earthly good is not only true, but contains many lessons for us. We must not measure this consummation by earthly standards, but by ideal ones. And in this is to be found its lessons for us. He then applied the value of ideals in the life of man as an individual, then...