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...business, he made himself as preeminent as he did in science, being for many years the head of a great corporation; and to his business he brought the same dignity and high-mindedness which characterized him in all his undertakings. He was a sincere and unostentatious philanthropist, doing good in his quiet way, but with no ungenerous hand. His contributions to Harvard were countless and unstinted. "The immense University Museum, costly in the monetary sense, and absolutely unreplaceable for its carefully gathered specimens, is almost totally owing to him. The money he put out to build and enlarge...
...laudable and successful steps lately taken by the University to give graduate students just the kind of lodgings that they want. For Mr. Rogers' description of the new "Department of Social Ethics" perhaps a more illuminating illustration could have been found: for instance a view of the sober, student philanthropist visiting a saloon, or sleeping with a tramp--which he is described as doing--would bring the work home to us as the prospect of the tidy social ethics library does not. Mr. Curtis in "Analysis" tries to wheedle the ambitious into English 18. The remaining two articles...
...seventh number of the Advocate, which will appear today, contains the following articles: "Castle Hanstein," by H. Hagedorn '07; "The Strength Test," by A. W. Page '05; "'Spider' Brady, Philanthropist," by W. F. Boericke '06; "Conceit," and "The Adventure of the Handsome Cabby," by E. D. Biggers '07; "An Adam of Nowadays," by E. B. Sheldon '08; "Theatrical Snapshots...
...Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. The letters contained in the volume throw much light on Shaftesbury's character and are all in Shaftesburys' best style. It is this portion of the book that is most helpful to the ordinary reader, for it enables him to understand better a great philanthropist, a sound thinker, and a deep student of human and ethical problems...
...will of Caroline Brewer Croft, the daughter of the well known Boston philanthropist, Gardner Brewer, who died in England two years ago, the Corporation has received the sum of nearly $100,000. The bequest is to be used in the investigation of the disease of cancer...