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President Eliot will attend the annual dinner of the Dartmouth Club of Boston this evening at the Hotel Somerset, and will be one of the chief speakers. The subject of his speech has not yet been announced. Hon. W. B. Stevens, president of the Dartmouth Club, will preside, and Hon. S. L. Powers of the Dartmouth board of trustees, and Hon. C. A. Prouty, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, will also speak...
President Eliot in the final speech of the evening, told of the privileges enjoyed by the President of Harvard. He has received with much pleasure during the last two months numberless testimonials of his work and helpfulness, and whatever may happen he is content with the experiences of his life, its attain- ments, its opportunities. The greatest privilege, however, comes in the opportunities of association with other men, especially with the undergraduates and their parents. There has been a change in Harvard's position in the last twenty years, and now no foreigner of note comes to America without visiting...
...Boston University, Boylston and Exeter streets, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. W. Kendall Watkins, who has made a careful study of the history of Boston, will speak on "Poe's Birth and his Parentage." "The Untrustworthy Memorialists of Poe" will be the subject of a speech by Mr. W. Lanier Washington, and Mr. William Fearing Gill, author of a Life of Poe, will tell of "Curious Coincidences, and Personal Reminiscences of Near Friends of Poe." The meeting will be open to the public and all men interested in the writings of Poe are especially invited to attend...
Professor Lowell was given an ovation at the beginning of his lecture in Government 1 yesterday, and made a short speech in which he emphasized the vital necessity of a sympathetic understanding between the President and the Faculty on the one hand and the student body on the other...
...will speak in the order named: R. H. Smith '10, G. L. Harding '10, F. Stern '12, H. T. Viets '09, C. S. Collier '11, J. C. Bills '09 and J. W. Finkel '11. Each man will speak for twelve minutes and may use notes, but not read his speech...