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...pretty well acquainted with the descriptions of the beautiful situation of ancient Delphi but now the seat of the temple is covered with some two hundred huts of natives. A few remaining facts may not be out of place. The old temple was burned in 548. No one knows how long it had been built nor exactly how it was constructed. Only a single chamber, the one containing the oracle, was saved from the fire and this was built into the new temple. Apollo was the chief deity but there are some proofs that Bacchus was worshiped there before Apollo...
...been sent in all the way from $500 to $1 both from individuals and colleges. Even the public schools of Boston are contributing. But Harvard College stands in a unique position and much interest is taken in what she will subscribe. In five years she has hadthree directors and one chairman in the society. The Ins itute is working hard to secure the required amount of some $80,000, and if they do not succeed in the next six weeks the United States will have lost a great opportunity to gain glory and respect...
...contents of the number are on the whole good. The opening editorial is written in a strong vigorous spirit, and summarizes in a very successful way the causes of our lack of success in athletics in recent years. It is only too true that one of the fatal weaknesses of the college in an athletic way is our proneness to one-man dependence, or as the Advocate terms it, "the star system." A result of this is that we are easily discouraged; let anything happen to our star and we become despondent and down on our luck, lose half...
...tendencies of thought and action are as maturing as they are here at Harvard. It is rather a difficult matter to incite much class enthusiasm among fellovs who are made to feel more and more the longer they stay here that the division into classes is merely an arbitrary one, and means practically nothing...
...very interesting account of "The Inauguration of the New Sorborne," is one of the best things in this number of the Advocate. The account of the many courtesies extended to the unofficial representatives of Harvard by the French students is especially gratifying...