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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Admitting that a Freshman should not concentrate in studies to which he is averse, we may ask, "In what should he specialize?" Most people will say, "You'd better take as a backbone of your study that which you are going to make your life work." To this belief, however, President Lowell is a heretic. One of the objects of a course is to get certain points of view here which are not obtained in later life. If a man is going to be a physician, it is good for him to get a taste of literature in College. Whether...
...will be in the Dining Room of the Union, instead of the Trophy Room. There will be a professional entertainer, who will tell Scotch stories, and orchestra of three pieces, and a sextet from the Freshman Glee Club, to entertain; and refreshments will be on hand. Needless to say all are expected to be present...
President Eliot's first point against the religions of India, China and Japan is that they have not reached any spiritual conception of the deity. Now if it is meant that the man on the street has not such a conception, we can say the same thing of any country, Christian or pagan. But if it is meant that even the thoughtful members of Asiatic communities have not had such a conception, either at present or in the past, this would betray an absolute ignorance of the Bhaktidoctrine of India which has been in existence there ever since...
...York School Inquiry in Emerson J this evening at 8 o'clock. Professor Hanus was a member of the investigating committee which brought to light many surprising facts about the New York schools, and created a great deal of excitement during the past year. Needless to say, he has studied the question thoroughly, and is now an authority on the subject. This is a very important, as well as interesting topic, and the lecture tonight will be the first one delivered on it since the final report of the committee. The lecture will be given under the auspices...
...that they have been misled and that the whole engagement was a plot conceived by the Revolutionists in order to capture them. They are held in captivity with no apparent discomfort, and will continue to be there for some time as far as we will ever know. Needless to say, the music is the chief feature of the play, the plot being moulded in accordance with the customs betrayed in the present-day musical comedy. The songs are marvels of brilliancy and the dances visions of symphony. Even the east shows the possibilities of the play...