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...downed by his adversary, but that the result of the contest was to establish the fact that the Latin meters cannot be followed in our language. "Moreover," continued Professor Eliot, "the great achievement of Elizabethan verse is its development of blank verse, which it originated. The controversy derives its main importance, however, from the fact that it is one instance of a struggle between national and foreign elements; it is from this that our greatest literature derives its inspiration...
Over 100 meteors were observed visnally on the first night, about 50 on the second, and 30 on the final evening. The main part of the visual observation was conducted by students of the Astronomy 1 course. Observation was carried on at the three Harvard stations in this vicinity, as well as at their other stations in other sections of the country, belonging to the University. The reports from the latter stations have not yet been received. Reports have been tabulated, however, from the Oak Ridge, Hopkinton, and Belmont stations. At Oak Ridge nine cameras were installed, at Hopkinton five...
...half-year to dole out information which the student himself could assimilate in a fraction of that time. (History courses are notorious offenders in this respect.) At the worst, such courses ought to direct the graduate to fruitful subjects of original research; these are frequently remote from the main body of the subject. The undergraduate's aim, to the contrary, is more modest, and the task of the professor in to introduce him to the vital aspects of a given subject while avoiding the superficial gleaning of the survey course...
...main change from the old system of Rambler teams is that, under the new plan, the various teams of non residents, bearing the name Phillips Brooks House, may participate in the inter-House championship competitions on the same basis as any of the other seven Houses. They are, likewise, entitled to any cups or awards, which they may win. In addition to using the name Phillips Brooks House as a sort of legalizing machine, the commuters will still have the use of a room in the building itself, where for the last few years they have gathered in their free...
When he arrived at the Union Station to board his B. & O. special the President looked drawn and tired. On his way home in 1928 he had traversed this same route. Then he called it "My Own Main Street.'' Then he talked only of Republican prosperity. Now he was kept busy explaining whither that prosperity had vanished. At Martinsburg he joshed with citizens about some apples they had given him on an earlier excursion. At Garrett, Ind., next morning he marveled to see so many people up so early to greet him. As his train skirted Chicago...