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Three appointments of a new kind, to be known as honorary curatorships, have been made by the Corporation, in the University Library. The object of the new curatorships is to secure the interest and services of persons specially competent to advise the Library in regard to purchases in special fields. The appointments so far made are the following: H. N. Gay, Jr., '96, Curator of Italian History of the Nineteenth Century; H. Bingham, Curator of South American History and Literature; E. H. Wells '97, Curator of Modern English Literature. Mr. Gay is a non-resident member of the Graduate School...
...Davis will give an illustrated lecture on "A Summer in Turkestan." Professor Davis's journey, which was made during the past summer, was undertaken on the invitation of M. Raphael Pumpelay, who was conducting an exploration in Western Asia for the Carnegie Institution of Washington, with the object of studying the relation of the geographical features of the region to its occupation by ancient peoples. Professor Davis was especially charged with the geographical work, in which he was aided by Mr. Ellsworth Huntington, a member of the Graduate School last year. Professor Davis's route, to be described and illustrated...
...November 27, from 4 until 6 o'clock. A committee composed of the wives of several members of the Faculty is in charge of the teas, and a few members of this committee, together with some of the officers of the University will be present at each tea. The object of the teas is to bring the students in touch with each other and with the officers of the University and their families. They are quite informal, and all members of the University are invited to attend...
...principal object of the practice this week will be to prepare the team physically for its final game. Today and tomorrow scrimmage practice will be held with the second team, and this will complete the more severe work of the eleven. On Thursday the University will probably be given a last opportunity to see the practice. The work on Friday will consist only of running through signals...
...thirty-seventh annual convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be held at Gloucester, Mass., today, tomorrow and Sunday. The object of the convention is to discuss the work of the associations in the two states and the different problems which confront the workers. Mr. A. S. Johnson '85, of Boston, will preside, and Dean Hodges, of the Episcopal Theological School, R. S. Wallace '04, P. E. Osgood '04 and G. E. Huggins '01 will be among the speakers...