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...Harvard College," by Dean Brigg. The only other contributions in this number, except for a sonnet and a short poem, are part of the Bowdoin Prize Essay for 1900-01, which is a comparison of Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" with the play "Becky Sharp," and an unoriginal story called "Sailor Jack's First Voyage...
...Copeland will read the following selections from Kipling at 8 o'clock tonight in Sever 11: "Ford of Kabul River," "The Sea Wife," "The Widow at Windsor," "The First Chantey," "The Last Chantey," "Soldier and Sailor," "Gentlemen Rankers," "La Nuit Blanche" the song from "The Brushwood Boy," "The Song of the Banjo," "Mulvaney's Account of the Taking of Lungtungpen...
...important innovation has recently been made by the T Wharf Society in its work among the sailors, by which free law counsel is offered to all who wish advice on their personal affairs. The plan grew out of a meeting held some months ago by the Boston Port and Seaman's Aid Society, at which various New York and Boston philanthropic associations came together to discuss new methods of work. Attention was called at the time to the common fleecing of sailors by unscrupulous lawyers, and with the view of remedying this abuse, the T Wharf Society secured the services...
Professor Hollis spoke next on "Life in Modern Naval Vessels." Many believe that since steam has superseded sail "jack tar" has lost his peculiar characteristics. Not so. The sailor gets his character from the salt sea. He is a growler, yet when he must he does his work cheerfully. He despises the marine as a landlubber. He is a creature of tradition and fond of queer pets...
President Eliot spoke in part as follows: War for the private soldier or sailor is at best a dull, coarse, squalid business It can not have any attraction for you, and yet the question-Shall I volunteer?- may become a pressing one within a few weeks or months. I shall discuss that question from the student's point of view...