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...Philosophical Club met last Tuesday night, and listened to an interesting paper by Rev. Mr. Thwing on "The Fundamental Laws of Belief," which was followed by a very animated discussion. The Club has decided to arrange a course of lectures during February and March. Owing to the nearness of the vacation, the Club will not meet till after Christmas...
...last meeting of the Philosophical Club, Mr. Emery read a paper on Hegel. Mr. Baker, '81, was elected member of the Club. At the next meeting Rev. Charles F. Thwing will read a paper...
BAREETT WENDELL.THE Harvard Register for November is out. The most noteworthy articles are : Rev. C. F. Thwing's "Agassiz," and the conclusion of the history of the "Boston Latin School." Mr. A. B. Hart, '80, contributes an account of the Harvard Union. Editorially, the Register sounds its own death-knell, unless more subscriptions are received, in which case it will be published in magazine form, and cost...
...Columbia Spectator publishes a violent attack on Thwing's "American Colleges." The book has received more than its share of commendation, and less than its share of condemnation; it has many weak points, and a malevolent critic, like the writer in the Spectator, might have made Mr. Thwing feel very uncomfortably: but the attack is too general and too short-sighted to do that gentleman much damage; the author of the article has wasted a good opportunity. His proof-reader has not learned to spell President Eliot's name. The Spectator contains a very friendly notice of the Harvard Theatricals...
...CHARLES F. THWING, who wrote the articles on college expenses and college studies which recently appeared in Scribner's, has in preparation an article on the college press. To aid him in preparing this article, he would be glad to receive one or more copies of the different college publications. His address is Andover, Mass...