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...report of Mr. Winsor, librarian of the University Library, shows that the accessions to the library during the past year have amounted to 22,370 volumes. This makes a total of 431,298 cnntents of the possession of the University, and if unbound pamphlets be included (as is the case in counting the volumes in many European libraries) the total number is 762,850. Even this is not a fair test of comparison with the old world libraries, for often the number of titles in bound volumes of collected pamphlets, and the different specifications in collections of patent records...
...Justin Winsor then read a brief address. He dwelt chiefly on the relation of Francis Parkman to the old and new schools of historical study. Mr. Parkman began his life work when Sparks, Prescott and Bancroft were still on the field. The characteristic of the old school, of which these historians were the most prominent exponents, was the sacrifice of strict historical accuracy in every detail to an elaborate literary finish. Francis Parkman was the forerunner of a school by which historical integrity is regarded as absolutely necessary. He showed that it is possible to combine honesty of citation with...
Tonight in Sanders Theatre there will be a service in commemoration of Francis Parkman. President Eliot will preside. Addresses will be made by President Eliot, John Fiske, and Justin Winsor. The Glee Club will sing the following selections: "Gaudeamus Igitur," and "Domine Salvam...
...numbers tonight to honor his memory. Occasions like this, when we stop for an hour in our busy lives to listen to the story of such a man as Mr. Parkman, are very impressive and very valuable. In the remarks which will be made tonight by President Eliot, Mr. Winsor and Professor Fiske, there are sure to come stories of Mr. Parkman's life and labors which will have a lesson for us who are now in college. Very much of Harvard's honorable position is directly traceable to the high character and noble quality of her graduates, and every...
Commemoration of Francis Parkman. Addresses by President Eliot (who will occupy the chair), John Fiske, and Justin Winsor. The Harvard Glee Club will sing. Sanders Theatre...