Word: starting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...made to tell her story; and the insistence upon the setting by references to the passing crowds of trippers and the sights and sounds of a seaside resort seems forced and mechanical. Mr. Schenck's "Psychical Research" is rather well told, but the conclusion is obxions almost from the start. "The Conciliator," by H. Edgell, a fish story in New England dialect, and "McVane's Retirement." by R. E. Andrews, the story of a railroad wreck, are decidedly conventional both in style and plot. Mr. Wheclock's poem. "A Work of Art," is a dignified bit of verse, characterized, like...
...clock. He will reach Chicago tomorrow and will attend a business meeting in regard to the Carnegie Foundation. In the evening he will be present at a dinner given by the National Society for Promotion of Industrial Education, and will speak on "Industrial Education." On Friday President Eliot will start for Madison, Wisconsin, and as a guest of President Van Hise, will attend the convocation of the University of Wisconsin. He will return to Boston on Sunday...
...this shortsighted policy of patronizing these agents has come about from the convenience of paying only $3 per month or some similar arrangement. With the facilities now afforded by the University Library there is no great necessity of buying many books unless the purchaser has discrimination and intends to start a permanent collection. In case anyone intends to buy a large number of books, and does not object to the payment of a bonus to agents, he should nevertheless remember that he can by a little effort secure his books to better advantage at legitimate stores, and that...
Dean Briggs will start on his tour of the Harvard Clubs of the Middle West and South this morning at 10 o'clock. He will go first to St. Louis, where he will be entertained at the University Club, and will dine with the Harvard Club. He will also visit the Harvard Clubs of Columbia, Omaha, Rocky Mountains, Southern California, and Louisiana, and will address the students of the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He will return via Atlanta, Washington and New York...
...University hockey team won its first game of the intercollegiate series last Saturday evening by defeating Columbia at the St. Nicholas Rink, by the score of 14 to 1. Columbia was outclassed from the start and was far surpassed both in speed and in knowledge of the game. After the first few minutes of play the team was almost helpless before the attack of the University forwards. Had it not been for the good work of Murphy, Columbia's goal, the score would have been even larger. The work of the University team was particularly good for the first game...