Word: sketch
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Following the frontispiece picture of the late Justice Gray, is a singularly sympathetic sketch of his career in a few pages written by E. R. Thayer '88. There is an instructive account of the contents of the Germanic Museum by Professor Francke and an explanation of the plans for the new music building. Selected topics from the Deans' reports are presented in condensed form. An admirable report of the President's speech at Buffalo accompanies a detailed account of his Western trip. Especially helpful to those who have lately been absent from the University is Student Life--a department conducted...
...course of his address Mr. Frothingham gave a sketch of the Charles River Dam question from the time of its first public discussion up to the present. The matter was originally taken up in 1814, but nothing was done in regard to it until 1869, when the Speaker of the House of Representatives appointed a commission to inquire into the advisability of constructing a dam across the Charles River. In spite of strong opposition the commission reported favorably on the subject, but the plan was quickly abandoned. In 1891 Mayor Matthews of Boston was instrumental in the appointment...
...interesting piece of description, dressing out a very mediocre plot. "The Twentieth Man," by G. C. Lincoln '05, is an account of club politics in a Southern college. The narrative is well told, although the scenes depicted seem slightly unnatural. "Pardners," by L. W., although only a short sketch, is the best written article in the magazine. It is clearly told and full of local color, "Rattles Romance," by "Burre," and "Number-Stoughton," by E. R. Little '04, would be more interesting if they were less vague...
...From a Graduates' Window" present much the same question in a diverting and more optimistic way. A discussion of James's Varieties of Religious Experience" is followed by a sketch of the present United States ambassadors to Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Austria, all of whom are Harvard men. An article by George Foot Moore defines at some length the "Field of Undenominational School of Theology." A description of the Summer Engineering Camp at Squam Lake follows, with a short account of its origin. The situation, methods of work, and daily routine of the Camp are all touched upon...
...article which deserves special mention for its delicate and sympathetic treatment is "The Children's Room," by V. V. M. Beede. The whole sketch is done with a fidelity to detail and a genuineness of feeling that brings back to the reader many pleasant, half-forgotten memories...