Word: mr
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...graduates of different colleges who are pursuing their studies at Harvard was held last evening at 140 Mt. Auburn street. The purpose of the meeting was to form a graduate class at Harvard. The following guests were invited: President Eliot, Professor A. P. Peabody, Professor N. S. Shaler, Mr, Bolles and Mr Chamberlain. Over fifty men were present...
...graduate contribution by Mr. Edward Fuller discusses the proposed shortening of the term. The author opposes it because he fears that it will lower the Harvard standard; and because he thinks that professional men can well afford to spend their additional year in maturing their judgment. "His reason is sentimental-even illogical" in places. and he hardly makes as strong a case as might be expected. He returns at the end to "sentiment considerations to find the strongest ground of opposition to the proposed change;" for" it is primarily and essentially a concession to the vulgarizing spirit...
...Mr. N. Hapgood takes issue with Coquelin in "Diderot's Paradox of Acting." He shows fallacies in Diderot's arguments, and turns to Archer's "Masks and Faces" for support in his conclusion that "you can not get the very highest acting unless you supplement a thorough mechanical training by all the advantages of inspiration...
...Mr. W. N. Lanford, in his paper "Of Interest to Idlers" suggests in a light vein that many men in college instead of trifling unsuccessfully with Boston society or athletics, 'might gracefully be idle if they would only renounce custom, and do what really pleased themselves...
...Disjecta Membera," by Mr. R. W. Herrick, gives a realistic idea of a remote Mexican village. The character of Edward Porter is well drawn...