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...engineer. Meanwhile the scope of the civil engineer was ever broadening and his field being again subdivided with the advent of electricity, the study of hydraulics and of applied chemistry. Structures have become typical of the civil engineer as machines are typical of the mechanical engineer. From this brief review it is evident that the field of engineering is larger than that of any of the other so-called learned professions...
President Thwing of Western Reserve University writes on "President Eliot's Message," giving a cordial appreciation of the character and work of the President. President Hyde of Bowdoin has an excellent review of Mr. Eliot's recent volume on "University Administration." Mr. W.R. Thayer writes on "Comparisons: 1869-1909," showing in concrete form a few of the great changes under President Eliot's administration. His list of the buildings added is a sad one; by no stretch of the imagination can many of these be called beautiful. He demonstrates clearly that Harvard is the poor man's college...
...kindness all graduate students of recent years owe a debt never to be forgotten. Dean Haskins is welcomed in a cordial editorial. Mr. R.H. Dana as laudator temporis acti shows that last year's success in rowing is due to a return to earlier ways. Professor Jackson gives a review of the work of the late Wolcott Gibbs; it is singularly illuminating to laymen in showing the importance of the activities of a scholar...
...Porritt has been a frequent contributor to English and American periodicals, his writings appearing regularly in the North American Review, The Outlook, and other publications. Five years ago he published his History of the Unreformed House of Commons, a very comprehensive and scholarly work in two volumes. By the large amount of patient industry which it represented, the soundness of the opinions which it contained, and the vigorous style in which it was written, this work at once commanded wide attention, and it is mainly because of the accurate and broad scholarship displayed in these volumes that Mr. Porritt...
...duty of every athlete in College to pay strict attention to his College work and avoid probation. Men who have neglected their work or who are having difficulty in any of their courses should begin now in their review and preparation for the Mid-years. Over-cutting is inexcusable and probation marks are entirely unnecessary. E. P. CURRIER. H. FISH, JR. W. M. RAND. W. R. SEVERANCE...