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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...classes in dynamical and structural geology is taught principally by lectures, which are amply illustrated by lantern slides, diagrams, and numerous specimens on the lecturer's table. The subject deals with the chemical and mechanical wear and waste of the land, the actions of rivers, waves, glaciers, and wind, the origin and formation of mountains, plateaus, and valleys, the origin, actions, and effects of earth-quakes and volcanoes...
...have fought, and that such a league must be supported by united public opinion, now, and after its formation, we, the undersigned students of Harvard University, desire to associate ourselves in a society which shall have as its one purpose the formation of enlightened opinion upon this subject...
...accomplish the purpose of the society, meetings shall be held from time to time, at which the most capable speakers available will interpret advanced thought on the subject, and endeavor to answer questions...
...into correspondence with booksellers everywhere.--The result was the largest collection of the sort in America. The present "Fearing Collection" of books on angling was given to the Library, when it first occupied the new Widener Building. It contains over 12,000 volumes in twenty languages, on every subject concerned with anything that lives in the water. Among the books are many rare Americana and incunabula as well as a full representation of editions of Isaak Walton. Both collections are now preserved in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library...
...University R. O. T. C. that certain changes in its administrative organization could be effected to the great advantage of the Corps. Outside of formations, impatience has frequently been expressed with the manner in which affairs have been conducted, and the errors made have been the subject of much--too much--undergraduate criticism. Few men stop to realize the immense difficulties attendant upon the operation of a organization like the Regiment, which is in effect a small depot brigade for officers that feeds its leaders into the service at the exact time when they have been trained...