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...such scheme be worth trying? A thorough boom of cross-country running might set it permanently on its feet, and then we should no longer need to discuss its abolition, feeling sure that we were amply and ably represented in what is, after all, one of the best and oldest forms of sport known. M. S. CROSBY...
Henry Orne Stone '38, the third oldest graduate of Harvard College and the senior alumnus of the Medical School, died at his home in Framingham on Monday night. He was 91 years old and death was due to the natural infirmities of extreme...
...Clews is one of the seven oldest members of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and the fifth oldest member of the New York Stock Exchange. He also holds office in a number of financial and economic organizations. In May 1908, the Emperor of Japan conferred upon Mr. Clews the Imperial Decoration of Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Rising Sun in recognition of his services in the organization of the new Jananese financial system forty years ago. He is the author of "Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street" and "The Wall Street Point of view...
...Lefranc was appointed in research work on the life and works of Rabelais, and in 1902 founded the "Societe des Etudes Rabelaisiennes," in memory of Rabelais and his era. Two years later he accepted the professorship of modern French language and literature at the College de France, the oldest professorship of its kind in France...
...third of the Noble lectures dealing with "The Ethics of Christ," was given by the Rev. H.C. King, D.D., LL.D., last night in the Fogg Lecture Room, the special subject being, "The Ethical Teaching in Mark, and in the Other Common Source, 'Q,' of Matthew and Luke; Oldest Sources...