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There was a time when our ancestors were charged with not having lived up to the reputation which tradition and the historians had bestowed on them. Then, the burden of proof was on them to show that their place in our school text books was deserved. Now the pendulum has swung the other way. The mayor of New York has appointed his Commissioner of Accounts, Mr. Hirshfield, to conduct an inquiry on historical text-books. It is not now a super-idealization of our ancestors which is supposed to be a corrupt influence, but rather the interpretation of early American...
...Head Janitor's office announces that it has a large number of articles which have been found in the lecture rooms of the University. These include overcoats, hats, text books, fountain pens, eyeglasses, etc. The owners may obtain them by calling and identifying them at the office in Lower Massachusetts Hall between 9 and 12 o'clock on any week day. Any articles which have not been claimed before the Christmas recess will be turned over to Phillips Brooks House...
...Scare Reppresentazioni) now being shown at the Fogg Art Museum is of the greatest interest, not only for the study of Italian woodcuts, but as showing the beginnings of the art of book illustration. In these first illustrated books the book page was regarded as a unit, with text and illustration in perfect harmony. The pictures in general were not intended to apply to a particular passage of the text, but were illustrations of some principle of episode which would serve to arouse the reader's religious emotions. Certain stock illustration appear therefore in different books in different connections...
Because of the difficulty in covering the whole College many men have not been reached by the Phillips Brooks House Association old clothes collection. Any member of the University who has any old clothes, text-books or magazines which he does not need will assist the association by either bringing the clothing to Phillips Brooks House, or by notifying the Social Service secretary, who will send out a man to collect the material...
...House will begin its annual clothing collection. The committee in charge urges that everyone cooperate with the collectors by making a careful search and turning over to them everything in the line of clothing, boos, and magazines for which they have no further use. Old coats, suits, shoes and text-books are especially desired...