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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cambridge Club at a dinner in Young's Hotel. Boston, last evening. This was in accordance with the desire of the club, which is composed of prominent men of the city, to bring Cambridge and the University into more cordial relations. After the dinner, H. M. Williams '85 read the report of the committee which, in conjunction with a Faculty committee, drew up the plans for closer connection between city and University, which were made public last Saturday. In addition to these provisions, three suggestions were made: first, that the club have as its guests at an annual dinner...
...present reviewer does not think quite so badly of the contents of the present issue as his zeal for helping the Monthly has led him to appear to think; yet he confesses he has seldom read a duller number of the Advocate...
Assistant Professor C. T. Copeland will give three readings and lectures during the month of April in the Dining Room of the Union. On Wednesday, April 5 he will lecture on Thackeray and read from his works. A brief address on Kipling, followed by a reading from his writings will be given on Wednesday, April 12. On Wednesday, April 26, Professor Copeland will read passages from the Bible to commemorate the tercentenary of the King James Bible...
...morning session the topic of discussion was: "Does the Present Trend toward Vocational Education Threaten Liberal Culture?" E. P. Cubberley, professor of Education, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, and Mr. R. A. Woods, A.M. '10, head of the South End House, Boston, read papers on the subject. Professor Cubberley showed that the growth of high schools and state universities in the past decade was due to the fact that the common man wished a broader education for his children than the classical curriculum formerly provided; therefore, agricultural and commercial schools are demanded by popular sentiment. Mr. Woods said the new ideals...
...Francis R. Appleton '75 will preside at the dinner. President Lowell, President Eliot, Major Henry L. Higginson h. '82, and Mr. Mitchell D. Follansbee '92, president of the Associated Harvard Clubs, are to be among the speakers. Mr. Edward S. Martin '77 will read some verses. The music will be in charge of Mr. Francis R. Appleton '75, vice-president of the club...