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With the recently announced election of Edward K. Rand, Pope Professor of Latin, to the Institut de France, Harvard now has four members in this distinguished French academic society. Rand and Charles R. Lanman, Wales Professor of Sanskrit, Emeritus, are now colleagues in the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres of the Institut; and Professors George D. Birkhoff '05, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Philippe-Jules-Fern-and Baldensperger, professor of Comparative Literature, are members of other academies of the Institut...
...unveiling was preceded by a service in a neighboring temple. At the ceremony, Professor M. Anosaki, former lecturer here, recited a passage of Sanskrit scripture. Professor Anosaki, a close friend of Professor Woods, also wrote the inscription...
...Sanskrit word for fibre is jhat. In the Indian province of Orissa a tall, reedlike plant called jhut has long been cultivated for its fibre, which is used in making sackcloth and twine. But the best place in India for jute growing is the neighboring province of Bengal, whose alluvial plains between the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers produce at least 85% of the world's crop. Last week while U. S. farmers were harvesting a bumper crop with combines (see p. 15), Bengali farmers with sickles were beginning to cut more than 2,000,000 acres of jute. When...
Presentation of the Straus Trophy for Intramural athletics and trophies in Tennis, Baseball, and Crew were made to Kirkland House at dinner last night. William J. Bingham '16, director of Athletics, handed the large silver urn to Walter E. Clark '03, Wales Professor of Sanskrit, and Master of the House, after a short speech...
Walter E. Clark, Wales of Professor of Sanskrit, and Master of the House was elected honorary president. The annual Boat Club dinner, attended by past and present members, will take place in Boston on Saturday...