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...yard dash: Harvard--Barron, Biddle, Foley; Cornell--Caldwell, Ingersoll, Lewis, Mehaffey, Newman, Osler, Reller, Sanderson, Van Winkle...
That institutions such as the Oxford and Harvard University Presses have at present good opportunities for encouraging scientific research was pointed out by Sir William Osler, LL.D. '04 last night. Dr. Osler traced the development of the Oxford Press through its three centuries of existence, concluding that the similar venture at Harvard could succeed as well, if the learned and commercial interests were closely related...
...output of the Press, explained Dr. Osler, is varied. The Bible, hymnals, and prayer books, which require the services of about half of the plant, are the greatest source of profit. These earnings are used to make up the deficit incurred by the publication of special books on research and the classics, which are issued, not for the financial considerations, but for the advancement of learning...
...lecture by Sir William Osler in New Lecture Hall this evening should be of widespread interest not only because the subject is one of prime importance to the University just at present, but also because the lecturer, Dr. Osler, is one of the leading scientists, scholars, and educators, of the world today. His remarks on any subject would be significant, and he is especially well qualified to speak on the subject he has chosen, inasmuch as he has been intimately connected with the Oxford Press in England for many years...
...William Osler LL.D. will give an illustrated lecture on the "Oxford University Press" in the New Lecture Hall this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Sir William Osler is a graduate of Trinity College, Toronto, and has received many degrees from American and English institutions including that of LL.D. from Harvard in 1904 when he was Ingersoll lecturer speaking on "Science and Immortality." At present he is Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and Delegate of the Oxford University Press...