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...team will hold its annual shoot with Princeton on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Although the teams were tied in the intercollegiate shoot held in Philadelphia four weeks ago with a score of 181, the University team has a slightly better chance of winning, through its recent decided improvement and the fact that they are on their own field...
...President of the French Republic has promoted Edward Henry Strobel '77 from the grade of Officer of the Legion of Honor to that of Grand Officer of the order. This is a promotion of two grades, and is undoubtedly owing to Professor Strobel's distinguished services in securing the recent treaty between France and Siam. Professor Strobel was a member of the class of 1877, graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1882, and received the degree of LL.D. in 1906. From 1885 to 1890 he was secretary to the United States legation at Madrid. From...
...recent meeting of the Faculty, a resolution was passed to the effect "That all committees on prizes shall report not only the essays for which prizes are awarded, but also those essays which seem to be worthy of distinction; and all essays reported shall be considered in the award of scholarships and the granting of degrees with distinction." The aim of this measure is to encourage men to compete for scholarships, by ensuring them some return for work which is meritorious, but which may not be quite good enough to attain a scholarship of prize...
...most striking article in the number is a spirited rejoinder by the editor to the danger of Germanization and general depravity brought against Harvard College by one of its more recent graduates. Harvard cannot thrive without criticism, but this particular attack is unfortunate in more ways than one. The editor finds Oxfordization as perilous a development both for the College and for the critic in question-and disapproves any scheme which would tend to destroy either college spirit or class spirit. This is true: despite the amazing changes wrought by the reform of the curriculum, Harvard College is embedded...
...contents of the first number will be as follows: "The Call to Theology," by Professor Francis G. Peabody '69; "Modern Ideas of God," by Arthur C. McGiffert; "Is Our Protestantism Still Protestant," by William A. Brown '63; "A Turning Point in Synoptic Criticism," by Benjamin W. Bacon; "Recent Excavations in Palestine," by Professor David G. Lyon; and "The Economic Basis of the Problem of Evil," by Thomas N. Carver...