Word: lastly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last week the Bulletin and the Illustrated Magazine have taken up the fight for an adequate gymnasium, and we are beginning to believe that something definite may be accomplished soon. The Bulletin believes that the Corporation should be the first to act and should "appoint a committee of graduates and undergraduates to investigate the question." The Illustrated, armed with plans drawn up by a firm of Boston architects, suggests that the undergraduates, by starting subscriptions, launch a movement that will soon get the support of the graduates. Both ideas are alike in that they demand prompt action on the matter...
...Severance '09, who resigned the captaincy of the crew last month owing to a serious illness, has returned to College and is taking light exercise with a view to getting into condition. It is not certain yet whether the doctors consider his health sufficiently recovered to undergo the strain of regular rowing...
...dinner of the Harvard Club of Washington last evening the three principal speakers were President Eliot, the President of the United States, and ex-Secretary of State Root. The last two were vied in praise of President Eliot's character and ability, and, though no definite announcement was made relative to his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, both speakers attributed to him all the qualities necessary to the occupancy of that station...
...improvement in quality of the secondary schools there. Harvard and all the great universities have especial interest in this gain of the schools. The prestige of Harvard must be maintained before the country by the conspicuous success of its graduates. The changes in the methods of education in the last 40 years have emphasized the value of the practical side of modern education. President Eliot pointed out many ways in which the alumni could assist in this work...
...last concert in Mr. Arthur Whiting's series of monthly expositions of classical and modern chamber music will be given in the Fogg Lecture Room this evening at 8 o'clock. The recital will be open to officers and students of the University only. There will be no charge for admission. Mr. Whiting will be assisted by F. E. Lowell...