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...funds. The establishment of the University Press will make possible the publication and wider dissemination of the results of this original research work. That the need of such an institution is becoming generally recognized is shown by the recent establishment of Presses at several universities in this country. However, none of these universities has established institutions comparable to those of Oxford and Cambridge, which universities have won special fame by the publication of many scholarly books. To do the work of these Presses is the purpose of the new Harvard foundation, which will redound to the credit of the University...
...three years, satiate with the life of ill-earned case, she becomes a worker in New York at seven dollars a week, organizes a labor union for women, finally passes a bill making possible the eight-hour day for women. The governor who signs the bill is none other than the girl's country lover of the first act, and it is he whom she now marries. The crucial clash in the play comes between the governor, his wife, and a political blackmailer. The scene of inquisition in the fourth act is a masterpiece of dramatic construction...
...served as usual, and the evening will be enlivened by music from Kanrich's orchestra. While the smoker is given under the auspices of the Student Council Committee, the expenses must be met by a general contribution from those present. A late hour has been purposely chosen so that none may be kept away on account of conflict with ordinary College engagements...
...None the less, the Union was and is a centre of university life. The mass meetings are invariably held in its great living room, and the more important public lectures. It is a writing place, a reading, meeting, dining and studying place. 'It is working fifteen hours out of the twenty-four. The multitude of private clubs have undercut its clientele, Freshmen who live in the Union transfer their haunting grounds in their Sophomore and Junior years. In spite of a popular impression to the contrary, Cambridge is a place where young men are astonishingly busy. The town...
...numerous opportunities which the University offers, none is more distinctly worth while to the student than that of coming into closer touch with the Faculty. Too often it happens that a man knows his professor only as a lecturer. He finds that in some of the larger courses it is impossible for a more intimate acquaintanceship to spring...