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...from the argumentative symposium of the day of Plato to the scientific expository symposium of today. It has slowly evolved, passing through such intermediate stages as the Literary Club of Samuel Johnson's time. And there has been likewise a great change in the nature of the subjects dwelt on, and in the atmosphere in which they are treated. In the days of Socrates, philosophy was distilled with the fumes of Hellenic wine, and the asperity of the argument was soothed by the strains of a girl flute player. Eros was discussed, according to Plato's Symposium, until...
...much does your breath weigh? Professor A. G. McAdie '85 proposes to determine the weight of the collective breadth of everyone attending the Symposium at the Union March 4. When questioned by a CRIMSON reporter, Professor McAdie explained that his method would be to determine, by the use of delicate weighing instruments, the relative humidity of the atmosphere before the lecture and after the room had been occupied for several minutes...
According to announcements made yesterday the third symposium of the year at the University will have for its subject "The Nature and Uses of Water", and is scheduled for Tuesday evening, March 4, in the Union...
Intelligence Tests. Dr. J. McKeen Cattell, President-elect of the Association, led a symposium on the interpretation of intelligence tests. The existing tests foretell with great accuracy the probable accomplishment of children in school and college. They do not, however, measure elements of emotion or willpower, which have much to do with large public success. To be a Phi Beta Kappa or an Alpha plus man may be an introduction to Who's Who and a salary of $5,000, but it is no guarantee that one will build railways, manage industries, or be a maker of a President...
...meeting this afternoon the subject of "Labor in Politics" will be discussed by the delegates in a symposium led by Mr. George E. Roewer Jr., a Boston labor attorney. The meeting is at 2 o'clock...