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...Henri Hauser, exchange professor from the University of Paris, will give the third of his course of lectures on "The Evolution of European Capitalism from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Time" at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Emerson J. The lecture will be in French and will be open to the public...
Already Egypt is influencing fashions and thought today as the classic ideal permeated western civilization in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Egyptian exhibits have become the center of interest for those who have suddenly begun to throng the museums. The latest styles of dress, as the unfailing barometer of interest, are modeled upon Egyptian patterns. Scandal and murder have been driven from the front pages of the newspapers by the spell of Egyptology. Its influence on literature of a more lasting sort depends on the papyri yet hidden in the tomb; more details about the captivity of Israel...
...Henri Hauser, the distinguished French historian who has come to the University this year as French exchange professor from the University of Paris, will give during the second half-year a course to be known as Economics 20, on "The Evolution of European Capitalism from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Time...
...speaker outlined briefly the life of Sandro Botticelli, who was born in 1444 and had produced a masterpiece before he reached the age of 25. He emphasized the fact that Botticelli remained unheralded until, at the end of the sixteenth century. Ruskin became active in bringing him into prominence. In commenting on his works, Mr. Carruth pointed out the personaltly expressed in the painter's figures, praising especially "Prime Vera" with its implied action in every group...
Such an institution is the Pierian Sodality Orchestra, which reached its one hundred and sixteenth year of existence in the University with its annual concert yesterday. Antedating practically all other college organizations, and older by over half a century than the longest-established metropolitan orchestras, it can claim an enviable seniority. Many of its past leaders have won names in the musical world, and from the work of some of its members came the suggestion which prompted Major Higginson to found the Boston Symphony itself...