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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...such thing as a typical criminal class-that the inmates of the prisons are not different in any material respect from many outside, except that they "have been caught." He spoke of the work of the State Prison Commission in its attempt to substitute new methods for old...
...whole object of any penal system, said Mr. Osborne, is the safety of society. The great question before penologists, then, is to determine whether this can best be brought about through harsh punishment or reform. The old system was based on the supposition that punishment was the effective means. Far from succeeding, the treatment the men obtained made them hate everyone and everything, and they left prison with a desire for revenge upon society. They took the first advantage to commit crime once more, and usually landed back again in prison. The punishments used were often so brutal, the absolute...
...following program will be presented: Franck, Chorale in A minor Dr. Davison. Gluck, "O Saviour, hear me." Miss Brown. Guilmant, Andante (Fourth Sonata) Tours, Gavotte Karg-Elert, Choral Prelude Dr. Davison. Corner, An Old Sacred Lullaby Miss Brown. Guilmant, Allegro Dr. Davison. Gounod, "O My Divine Redeemer." Miss Brown. Brahms, Choral Prelude Guilmant, Minuet (Fourth Sonata). Dr. Davison...
...took the Harvard men by surprise. They couldn't get over the fact that he had come all the way from New Haven, and with such a token; and when he finished his speech of presentation they finished his speech of presentation they fairly outdid themselves in ovations to old Yale. They even tried to sing the Yale songs, with what success I am not informed. But every man of that class carried away a new opinion of what Yale is like, and of the handsome way in which a Yale man can rise to an occasion...
...given by Mr. Whiting and assisting artists. At the second concert, on February 10, Madame Sundelius will present a program of classic and modern songs, and at the third, on March 10, the University Quartet of New York will sing four-part songs by Brahms and a cycle of old Scotch songs...