Word: various
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...held at Madison, Wisconsin, from Saturday, December 28, to Tuesday, December 31, inclusive. This year's meetings should be particularly interesting to members of the University owing to the unusually large number of Harvard graduates who are to play a prominent part in them. The conferences of the various societies will, as usual, consist in the reading of original papers by prominent members, followed by an informal general discussion. Another important features will be the continuance of the system of round tables established in the past two years, which consists in the division of the delegates to the general conference...
...Civic Federation exists for the settlement as far as possible of differences between labor and capital. For this purpose the members, who represent labor, capital, and the general public in nearly equal proportions, are divided into various committees...
...politics of the Far West. A public executive of exceptional organizing ability, he has surrounded himself with the best expert talent of the nation and in less than two years has been responsible for redeeming the City of San Francisco from the clutch of graft and corruption. At various times he has held a nomination for public office from every political party in San Francisco-Democratic, Republican, Independence League, Union Labor and Non-Partisan-and in turn he has broken with every party, "boss," or organization which has tried to restrict the free use of his rights of office...
...passing of class and inter-club, debates, the important event in intra-University debating is the Pasteur Medal debate tonight between teams picked in open competition. This department of debating has been so often reorganized that any now move must be regarded as an experiment. To the uninitiated the various changes in recent years seem to be steps backward, in as far as they tend to reduce the number of men who take part in public debates. If, however, the more informal discussion groups attract more men, they will partially accomplish their purpose, and may lead to a stronger system...
...Cobden-Sanderson delivered the second of his lectures on the printing, binding and decoration of books, last evening. The lecture was of a technical nature; the lecturer confined himself to the work of the "forwarder" or binder, and described the various processes by which the printed sheets are converted into the bound, but undecorated book...