Word: presents
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...this institution, and the education here afforded to the youth of the Balkan Peninsula was the cause of the uprising which resulted in Bulgarian independence. Dr. Washburn has been able to acquire a wide knowledge of the life and problems of the Balkan states, and is at the present time the foremost authority in this country on conditions in the Turkish Empire. In recognition of his work he has been awarded the degree of LL.D. by the Universities of Michigan and Princeton, and the order of St. Alexander by Prince Alexander of Bulgaria...
Under the direction of the Christian Association, with F. C. Mabee 3G, as chairman, a bible-study campaign has been carried on, which up to the present time has enrolled about 400 men in weekly and daily study. This number includes those men enrolled in both the dormitory groups and church Sunday schools, there being about 300 of the former and 100 of the latter. The groups meet weekly in the various dormitories and are led by graduates and undergraduates, who in turn are coached in the normal courses led by Dean Hodges and Professor J. H. Ropes...
...charge of the Y. M. C. A. student department in the United States, the mission will turn its energies to new work. Plans have been nearly completed for a new undertaking. It is expected that in May Mr. Jacob Riis will give a lecture in the Union on the present condition of the slums in New York, in order to acquaint those men who are to live in New York with some of the city's slum problems. The following men form the committee to carry on the undergraduate activities of the Harvard Mission: chairman, W. R. Ohler '10; secretary...
...cause of a large part of the athletic controversy in the past few years it is of interest to see how the schedules of today compare in the number of games played with last year and five or ten years ago. We are supposed to be proceeding at present on a platform of reduction. The Faculty has expressed its opinion that a considerable curtailment would be wise and there have been varying estimates as to what the limits of the reduction should be. It seems only practical from the athletic standpoint to bring about such a change fairly gradually, rather...
...dinner given by W. F. Garcelon L.'95 at the Varsity Club last evening, to place before the managers of the teams advice about transacting their business, almost all the captains, managers and assistant managers of the various teams, and several members of the Athletic Committee were present. The following graduates spoke on the question in hand: N. W. Bingham '95, E. H. Wells '97, H. S. Thompson '99 and Mr. Garcelon...