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...Semitic Conference was, with the exception of the Geological Conference, the first to be organized. It was formed in 1882 as a seminary. The object of Professors Toy and Lyon was to promote intimacy among the more advanced students and to study special topics lying within the Semitic field. Three years ago, when by a vote of the faculty all such organizations not counting for degrees lost the title of seminary, the Semitic Seminary became the Semitic Conference. This year it counts for a degree and is once more a seminary. It meets once a week. Its social side...
...primitive Christianity. Harvard has been exceptionally fortunate this fall in the number of visits which celebrated men from other countries have paid her after fulfilling their duties at the World's Fair. This address tonight by Mr. Chatschumian will be the fourth delivered here by well-known foreigners within two months. The meeting will be open to all members of the University, and it is hoped that a very large number will attend...
...precise date of these lectures will be announced from time to time in the University Calendar. The lectures will be grouped so that each lecturer will cover his ground within a fortnight. It is of interest to know that these lectures are provided by the generosity of Mr. James A. Garland, the well-known New York banker, whose gifts of gems to the Harvard Museum have already made him one of the University's benefactors...
...purification must come from within the party. (a) This is the only genuine and thorough purification. (b) Purification by independent action (through balance of power) has bad effects. (1) It withdraws the best element from the party. (2) It obscures legitimate party issues, by making an issue of political purity, which is not a proper subject for party differences. New Englander...
...Reform within the party is difficult, if not impossible. (a) It is difficult because; (1) The better class of citizens will not take an active part in present party organization (Bryce, 1, p. 613); (2) An extensive organization is necessary; anti-snapper campaign. (b) It is often impossible because the machine controls the primaries; (1) By fraudulent checklists; (2) By force...