Word: interests
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...December number of the Graduate's Magazine contains many articles of unusual interest. There is a full-page picture of Professor Child, with an account of his life by Professor Norton, and the story of Justin Winsor's connection with the Library. Other articles are on The Book of the Pudding Plays, French Universities, and College Halls as Social Units. The number also contains the report of the Athletic Committee on Suggestions in Athletics, and the Final report on English Composition. A short account is given on the recipients of honorary degrees...
...educational advantage the actual presentation of a tragedy characteristic of the highest degree of art reached in French Literature offers to most members of the University a unique and most valuable opportunity. No one who has the slightest interest in that branch of culture can afford to let the week pass without being present at one of the three remaining performances. They will take place Wednesday and Friday nights and Saturday afternoon...
...meeting of the Engineering Society held Friday evening the by-laws were amended so as to limit membership to Seniors and Juniors. It is hoped by this means to increase interest in the society. Plans were discussed for obtaining a room as a permanent meeting place for the society...
...Yale. Taken simply as a debate, it was the best ever held in the Yale-Harvard series. It was direct all the way through, it never hung on the wording of the question, and it was not marred by any slip of either side. Another characteristic was the intense interest aroused by every speaker and maintained throughout the debate by the exact knowledge of the subject shown on both teams, the perfect form of presentation of Harvard, and the convincing earnestness of Yale. In the rebuttals all these qualities were present and in addition to them a marvellous quickness...
Hawaii is a stopping station of interest to those commercially engaged upon the Pacific. Naturally the group of interested nations will not be pleased to see some one of the group in exclusive control of the common station. Russia, our sworn friend of the past, has for the first time begun to chafe. Germany has mainfested distrust of our chief justice in Samoa...