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...final, and that he cannot be induced to change his mind. He showed that he was retiring from the presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties and that, although the honor conferred by such a position might be great, he was not disposed to undertake new responsibilities which might not be agreeable to him. Although President Eliot was urged to defer the refusal of the post until he had taken it into further consideration, he thought it better to come to a definite decision immediately...
...Able Lefranc, professor of French language and literature at the College de France, Paris, will deliver the first of a series of four lectures on "Moliere" in the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...Taft at the time the offer was made that he was disposed to refuse it, inasmuch as he was retiring from the Presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties. He stated, moreover, that, having been as educator all his life, the assumption of a new occupation, however great the distinction conferred, might not be agreeable to him. Yet it is understood that Mr. Taft persuaded President Eliot not to decline the post absolutely, but to take the matter under advisement, since there was no immediate need of a definite reply...
President Eliot is now the guest of Mr. F. C. Woodman '88, at the Morristown School, Morristown, N. J., where he will attend the sixth annual diner of the Harvard Club of New jersey Saturday evening. President Eliot will return to Cambridge on Monday...
...CERCLE FRANCAID LECTURES. "Moliere." I. Professor Lefranc. New Lecture Hall. 4 P. M. Admission by ticket until five minutes before the beginning of the lecture; after that time open to the public...