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...Taft Club in Brattle Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The speakers will be S. J. Elder and A. A. Berle '91, both prominent in Massachusetts politics. Members of the Taft Club will be seated, as far as possible, on the platform. In case of necessity an overflow meeting will be held on the field to the east of Brattle Hall...
...Charles River dam, which was begun March 1, 1905, has been continued without interruption during the summer. All the concrete work is practically finished, and the sluices and small boat lock on the Cambridge side will be completed before the cold weather. The Boston marginal conduit, through which all overflow from the sewers on stormy days will be carried down to tide-water instead of into the basin, is as near completion as the rest of the work will permit. In the Broad and Lechmere canals and in the basin, about ninety per cent. of the piles to support...
...Alumni Association it was decided to adopt again the plan followed last year of holding the annual reunion meeting on the afternoon of Commencement Day in Memorial Hall, instead of the annual Alumni Dinner. By this plan many more graduates can be admitted to the reunion. In addition, an overflow meeting will be held in the New Lecture Hall, the arrangements for which are in the hands of a committee consisting of E. W. Atkinson '81, Commencement Marshal of the Alumni, H. M. Williams '85, and A. J. Garceau '91. The annual business meeting of the Alumni Association will...
...tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting water out of the basin. There will also be outlets for marginal conduits, through which all sewage overflow, which now goes into the basin in times of heavy rain storms, will be carried down to tide water. At present about 1800 feet of the marginal conduits on the Boston side has been completed...
...administration of our colleges how to provide a wholesome outlet for the surplus energy of the vigorous young student. In Europe today the student whiles away his idle hours in drinking and duelling bouts, while even in England riots between town and gown are frequent occurrences. The overflow of student vigor in America has formerly taken the form of such college pranks as ragging of signs, gate lifting, and hazing. Those disorders have now practically disappeared from American college life, and the cause of their disappearance, in the opinion of such men as Professor Adams of Wisconsin and Dean Briggs...