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...things taught in Philosophy C is the necessity of accurately defining terms. What is a Glee Club? Presumably, it is a club that sings glees. What is a glee? Webster defines it as a composition of English origin, for three or more solo voices, in two sections, and accompanied. The music need not be of a gleesome style. Modern custom uses such numbers as Morley's "My bonnie lazz" and "Now is the month of Maying" it clearly is entitled to the name, Glee Club; moreover, I venture the assertion that the Harvard organization is the only college singing club...
...great vision as well as keen intellect, that our paper should be guilty of fanning the flames of hysteria by jumping to the conclusion that the fire at Worcester was the deliberate plot of Reds simply because "it is the suspicion of many officials" that "it was of incendiary origin." Suppose it was of incendiary origin, have we any right to conclude that "the finger of guilt seems to point to Bolshevism...
That the disastrous Worcester fire yesterday was incendiary in origin is the suspicion of many officials who are investigating the stricken area. If evidence is forthcoming to prove that such is the case, a serious problem is at once presented. So widespread is the district affected that whether the responsibility lies in a deliberate plot on the part of "reds," or of a gang of fanatical firebugs, the matter calls for the fullest examination...
...Engineering School, though now in name, is not of recent origin. The teaching of applied science in the University dates back to 1847 when the Lawrence Scientific School was established. Since that time the University has always maintained a staff of teachers in engineering and applied science; and many of the present faculty have long been identified with the University. In 1906 the Graduate Schools of Applied Science took over the work of the Lawrence Scientific School. In 1914 the University made a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and for a few years the work of engineering...
...next trip he was in the Arctic regions continuously for 53 months under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History, and the Canadian Government. It was on this expedition that Mr. Stefansson found the blonde Eskimos--a race showing unmistakable signs of European origin--for the first time...