Word: maine
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Conference begins the day after the crew races at New London and finishes in ample time for men to keep their July first appointments. A. Beane '11 plans to come up after the races with several men from Red Top, while the main delegation leaves Boston Friday noon, June 20th. Some men are able to stay only part of the time, but the majority stay through the ten days. More than 100 men in the University have attended the Conferences at some time in the past and attest to their being "worth while". A committee of twelve is in charge...
President Lowell began his talk by briefly outlining the "elective-group" system, a comparatively recent institution at the University. He explained the four groups under which all courses are classed. The first question that arises is, What group shall a Freshman take as a main group? In advising what choice to make here, President Lowell warned men against selecting a large number of studies in a subject which they naturally dislike...
...valuable early Italian engraving by Antonio Pollainolo, a famous Florentine master who lived from 1429-1498. It is perhaps one of the most important prints in existence. It was bequeathed to the Museum as a memorial to Professor Charles Eliot Norton, and is now on exhibition in the main gallery...
...Department of Music aimed to furnish excellent instruction in music, but it has also helped to make Cambridge a musical centre by inviting here the most gifted artists of the day. In addition there are symphony concerts and Whiting recitals. Yet, in spite of the wealth of opportunities, the main body of students seems indifferent to their exquisite quality and value, and at the various concerts they are conspicuous by their absence. To be sure this is a busy little world of ours, with the hundreds of activities, but the chance to hear music of the highest order by musicians...
...Furthermore, since the appearance of ladies in the hall is a cause of disturbance among some of the members, all of the members of the association are requested not to bring ladies into the main dining room or to the doorways thereof during regular meal hours, and the officers of the hall are requested to see that others will abide by this ruling...