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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...past session of the Summer School in Cambridge was more satisfactory than those in previous years. In spite of the small-pox scare in the first part of July, when the school opened, the attendance of 737 showed a slight gain over that of the preceding summer. Forty states and territories were represented and two foreign countries, Canada and Japan. The leading representations from the states were as follows: Massachusetts 236, New York 120 and Pennsylvania...
...morning prayers, which were held during the past summer for the first time, were greatly appreciated. Another pleasant part of the meeting was the reception held in the Gymnasium on the first Friday. Here members of the school had an opportunity to become acquainted before the work began...
...first meeting of the geological conference will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the lecture room of the Geological Museum. The instructors in the department will explain the courses which are now offered and will speak in a general way of their experiences during the past summer. Brief papers will be read and informally discussed. Professor Shaler will tell of his experiences last summer in Montana and Professor Davis will speak on his Western geological excursion. Professor Smythe, who has just returned from Alaska, where he has been absent since June, will tell of his expeditions...
...endeavor to develop new material. More stress than ever before will be laid on team work, formation and speed. Contrary to the usual custom, the schedule this year will comprise only university and college teams, and an attempt will be made to play more home games than in the past. The intercollegiate rule, however, requires two games with each member of the league. Accordingly the schedule this year will comprise games with Yale, at New Haven, Princeton at Princeton, Brown at Providence, Columbia at New York, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, and Cornell at Ithaca. Harvard last year won second place...
With R. E. Osgood '04, as superintendent, over sixty men are engaged at the Riverside Alliance in library work and boys' clubs. In response to invitations from various quarters more than a hundred men have been sent in the past to discuss the religious, philanthropic and missionary interests of Harvard at such places as Groton, St. Mark's, St. Paul's, Andover, Exeter and Worcester Academies...