Word: handbook
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
About one hundred copies of the "Harvard Handbook," the small leather-bound memorandum book published by the Phillips Brooks House Association, are still on hand at Phillips Brooks House. Any member of the University who has not received one may obtain a copy without charge on application at the House. The book is issued in pocket form, and contains information about various undergraduate interests, athletic records, etc. and memorandum pages for each day of the College year. Two thousand copies were printed, and the Freshman class and many upperclassmen have already been supplied...
Professor Kuno Francke has recently published a "Handbook of the Germanic Museum," containing a diagram of the museum, seven illustrations of sculptures in the collection, and the floor plan and elevation of a proposed new building for the museum. Professor Francke describes the objects exhibited and points out the need of a larger building for the collection...
...House Association, which was organized only two years ago, in order to include and bring into co-operation all men working in existing societies and other men not members of any society, and to perform general services for which everyone stands--such as giving the Freshman reception, publishing the Handbook, carrying on social service, etc.,--has thoroughly proved its worth and branched out in a number of new directions...
...annual reception to new students, which is most men's introduction to Phillips Brooks House, was attended by about 500 men, and was so crowded that it has been decided to change next fall from the Parlor to the large hall on the third floor. The Handbook was revised and enlarged, and better bound than before; 1800 copies were issued, but as the demand outran the supply, a larger edition will be printed next year...
Copies of Oxford responsions papers for past years can be obtained from the Oxford University Press, 91 Fifth Avenue, New York. The "Students' Handbook of Oxford," which gives full information about the examinations of the University, subject to changes made since the last edition was issued, can be ordered at the same address. "Oxford as It Is," a small pamphlet prepared by Mr. L. Dyer, of Harvard and Balliol Colleges, for the use of American candidates, giving all essential information in a condensed form, can be ordered from the Macmillan Company, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York. "Oxford and its Colleges...