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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...plan for the proposed Union swimming pool which would answer the objections raised regarding moisture and lack of sunlight. The drawing, a cut of which appears in another column, shows, moreover, a decided improvement in the appearance of the Union. The old bandstand, the purpose of which even the oldest living graduate cannot divine, would be replaced by a solid porch over the pool; and this might be equipped with awnings for reading and lounging in good weather. As regards the "Union problem," the fact that at Yale about six hundred men pay five dollars each to use the pool...
...oldest original in this collection is a copy of Coverdale's translation printed in parallel columns with the Latin version of Erasmus. This work was printed in 1538. There is also an original copy of the King James Version of 1611, known as the Authorized Version, which has probably the greatest interest for people of today, since it is a first edition of the Bible which is now in common...
Samuel Sewall Greeley '44 died at his home in Winnetka, Ill., on Wednesday, March 8. Since the death of Dr. James Lloyd Wellington '38 on February 11, Mr. Greeley had the distinction of being the oldest living graduate of the college. He was born on October 11. 1824, and was therefore, in his 92nd year. He was in Cambridge in June, 1914, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his graduation from college. He was an active member of the Harvard Club of Chicago, and often wrote for the Harvard Graduates' Magazine and the Alumni Bulletin reminiscences of his college days...
...whole group is a product of the Aldine Press. It is also the oldest, its date being 1501. Aldus Pius Manutius was a Venetian and did some of the most excellent work of any of the earlier printers. He reached the height of his art in 1501 when he printed editions of Virgil, Horace, Juvenal and Martial. Of the edition of Virgil only a few defective copies remain. It is impossible to find even a nearly perfect volume. Aldus also was the inventor of italics...
Professor W. A. Neilson '96 of the English department will speak, and the new president of the Advocate, R. N. Cram '17, will outline the policy and requirements of the paper. The Advocate is the oldest paper in the University and has just completed its one hundredth volume and its fiftieth year. W. H. Meeker '17, business manager, will explain the duties of the business candidates...