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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Bellows, in the leading article, dis- cusses clearly and cogently a subject the importance of which no one will question, "Harvard Admission Requirements." The writer aims "to point out certain things in the present system which appear to produce bad results, and to determine what subjects the College clearly ought to require for admission." Members of the Faculty, as well as undergraduates, may well read this article with attention. The Editor of the Monthly, however, in his comments on the subject, is mistaken in thinking that "the citadel of election" may already have fallen. Neither President Lowell, nor the Faculty...
President Maclaurin presented a most interesting paper on the function of the technological school in furnishing rapidly growing municipalities with the highly trained experts who are now sorely needed in the permanent positions. He prefaced his remarks by a cordial reference to the service of Harvard men in the administration of the Institute of Technology, and especially to that of President Lowell who, he hoped, would long retain his membership in the Institute's corporation. To this he added that, in those fields of work in which Harvard and the Institute seem to come in contact, it was the firm...
...throw food whenever any one has appeared in the gallery, whether or not that person has given any provocation. Gentlemanly behavior on the part of the members requires that visitors be shown the courtesy of no attention at all, rather than the discourtesy which they are at present receiving...
...Connor, M.P., lectured in the Union last night on "The Passing of the Old Ireland." He outlined the history of the land problem in Ireland and pictured the present state of affairs in that country...
...Thomas C. Trueblood of the University of Michigan will give a reading of the translation of the German play, "Ingomar, the Barbarian," under the auspices of the Speakers' Club in the Assembly Room of the Union this evening at 7.30. All members of the University are invited to be present...