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...Robert Treat Paine fellowship under which Mr. Edward Cummings, '83, is at present studying social problems abroad, is likely within a short time to result in the location by Mr. Cummings of a work in Boston which shall be directly connected with Harvard University and which shall do for the more degraded parts of Boston what Toynbee Hall, as the representative of Oxford University, has done for the slums of East London...
...take the stand that the system of government in regard to attendance at recitations now in vogue at Harvard, although not materially lowering the average grade of scholarships, led to habits of laxity on the part of a certain class of students-a laxity which could hardly fail to result in an opposition to the true purposes of the University. The opinion of the Board of Overseers as to what is the best remedy for these evils seems to be well expressed in the regulations just passed. Their argument for the first vote appears to be that it is necessary...
...Ajax, or Odysseus. In this way the people in every part of Greece became familiar with the great poems which were finally transcribed and carefully handed down from generation to generation. In the schools children had to learn the poems by heart, not for the intellectual good which would result from this practice, but to gain an idea of the moral truths which Homer propounded, and to learn from the lives of his heroes what was the way of life which it should be their duty to follow. It will be seen that from their customs, by every...
...taxes. It is thought that the surpluses of the different athletic organizations of the university will more than meet this expense, and any amounts in excess of sum required for yearly maintenance will be applied on the purchase of the ground. On account of the unfortunate result of the football season, the FootBall Association is not in shape to lend any assistance toward defraying the expense of fitting up the field. The BaseBall Association is in fairly good shape, but Captain Willard is authority for the statement that a part of the necessary amount for putting the field in condition...
Yesterday Captain Herrick tried the effect of attaching strips to the back of the oar-blades, and this no doubt will have the desired result of counteracting excessive pressure on the blades. Other slight changes will of course be made during the year. The tank, however, is at present working almost as well as can be expected...