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...shell which is being built by Davy for the use of the University crew this spring will be ready for delivery early in May. The shell will be sixty feet long, as against sixty-three feet, the length of last year's shell; its beam will measure twenty-three inches; its depth will be nine and three-quarters inches, and it will weigh 250 pounds. The shell is of Spanish cedar and is fuller forward on the gunwale than the last boat. It will be filled out on the beam to make up for the decrease in its length...
...Frank M. Chapman, Curator of the Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, lectured in the Living Room of the Union last evening on "The Study of Birds in Nature." Mr. Chapman spoke at length of the great value of the camera in the study of bird life. The lecture was illustrated by a large number of excellent stereopticon views, most of which were taken by Mr. Chapman himself. The lecture last evening took the place of the regular Tuesday evening entertainment at the Union...
...Sidney Lee. Litt.D., of London, lectured in Sanders Theatre last evening on "National Biography." He explained at length the scope and purpose of the monumental "Dictionary of National Biography," of which he has been editor. This dictionary, he said, aims to record notable achievements by men and women of British nationality. Since the names of many Americans who have made their reputation in England are also included in the roll, the dictionary has thus the come in one sense a record of exchange of service. A national biography is the most efficient method, the lecturer state, in conclusion, of responding...
...easy and fluent style. Rather a clever plot is developed in "The End of Blackwell's Tiger," which deals with the carelessness of a revenue officer. The author of "In the Valley Woodlands," has introduced same very good word painting into his story which although only a page in length gives the reader some idea of the suffering that exists on a battle field. One story which is hardly appropriate is "The Baby Uncle...
...bronze tablet for Hollis Hall has been prepared by the Memorial Society and will be placed on the front wall as soon as the weather permits. The tablet, which is thirty-seven inches in length and twenty-two and one-half inches in breath, is to be secured in the brick wall near the south end of the front of the building between the second and third stories. The Memorial Society has already placed a Memorial tablet on Massachusetts Hall and it is planned to provide similar tablets for Stoughton and Holworthy Halls in the near future. The tablet...