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...best way to make the American people more interested in scholarship than in athletics is by proving that our prize scholars, even more than our prize athletes, represent the type of men for which there is public need. The competitions must be so arranged that the prize winners justify the selection by their subsequent life. But have our prize winners done as much for the public as it has a right to expect? That the men who have won scholastic distinction at Harvard have later won more than their proportionate share of honor in the outside world has been shown...
...Moore deals with remote things--early Britain, Vortigern, Merlin and the Druids. The chronology is a matter of faith, but the influences are distinctly those devices from some course in English. A good imagination and some artistry in words spent too lavishly on the impossible--these things make me wish that Mr. Moore would come off his mediaeval perch; his literary legs will stand firmer on the common ground. At last an essay after the old familiar College type, this time "Concerning College Amours." Mr. Martin has some delicate phrasing, captivating turns of speech, and still looks at life from...
...wise move for the Musical Clubs not to attempt a trip this year during the Christmas vacation. Last winter, after a long and strenuous campaign, permission was secured to make a trip into the Middle West at Christmas time, but it was fairly well understood at the time that the granting of the privilege should by no means be considered a precedent for future organizations. The trip last year was a success in every way. Musically, the clubs were considerably above the average and the trip afforded a good opportunity for the graduates and others interested in Harvard...
...clock. Mr. K. S. Latourette, Bible study secretary at Yale, University, will speak on the influences of the Bible study movement at Yale and the means of increasing its work in the University. Dean Fenn and Rev. J. G. K. McClure, president of the McCormick Theological School, will also make brief speeches. Since the first conference held on October 8, the work of enrolling men in Bible study classes has been continued, until at present there are about 350 men attending either Bible classes in the Sunday-schools or nearby churches. All men enrolled in the work...
...present the Bible Study secretary at Yale University, will speak on the influences of the Bible Study movement at Yale and the means of increasing its effectiveness in the University. Besides Mr. Latourette, Dean Fenn and Rev. J. G. K. McClure, president of the McCormick Theological School will make brief speeches. Since the first conference held in Brooks House on October 8, the work of enrolling men in Bible Study classes has been widely extended until now there are about 350 men attending either Bible classes in the Sunday-schools or nearby churches. All men who have been enrolled...