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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...developing existing ones. In the summer of 1903 he was advanced to the post of general secretary of the Indian National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations, and has since had direction of the whole association enterprise in India, Burmah and Ceylon. Much of his time is still spent in traveling, his mileage last year being nearly 32,000 miles. He has been instrumental in organizing many new organizations and in securing new buildings. Under his administration a large force of native workers has been set at work, and there are now in India 79 city and town, association...
...increased to 93 men last night, making the largest squad which has ever come out for this sport in the University. The work in practice was spirited and showed a great improvement over that of the night before. There was very little preliminary work, nearly all the time being spent in scrimmages. The Junior team, which appears to be the furthest developed at the present time, tried a system of signals for plays from the toss up and worked them with fair success...
...Bates is the head of the Spring Street Neighborhood House, New York, where he has spent a number of years of residence and work among the poor in New York City. He has an intimate knowledge of the actual conditions of life among them, having spoken on this subject at the Northfield Student Conference last June, and recently at Yale and Princeton...
...team today had its last practice before the game. In a short scrimmage with the second the university team scored twice. Erwin, Hockenberger, Veeder and Knox were not in the line-up. Knox may not to be able to play on Saturday on account of an injured shoulder. Biglow spent considerable time in drop kicking and showed fine form, while quarterbacks Jones and Dines were given practice in catching punts. The men will take a complete rest tomorrow...
...Buehler is instructor of English as well as head-master of the Hotchkiss School. An educator and a clergyman, he is also the author of several books on subjects relating to secondary education, and has edited Macaulay's "Life of Johnson." Having spent many years of his life in the town of Gettysburg, Mr. Buehler has had an excellent opportunity for making an exhaustive investigation, as well as for learning many of the personal experiences of the soldiers, and of those living in the vicinity during the three days' fighting. This lecture has been delivered many times, and has gained...