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Professor Friedlander was born in Russia and educated in Germany where he received a Ph.D. at the University of Strassburg, Since 1908 he has been living in America. He has written many books on Jewish and Arabic subjects and is a member of several Hebrate societies...
...Harvard Dramatic Club announces this year as its annual spring production, four one-act plays, written by students of Harvard and Radcliffe. The competition was so large and of such an unusually high standard of excellence, that it was difficult for the judges to decide upon the best plays. The following were selected after careful consideration: "The Head of the Family" by George Francis Abbott 1G., of Hamburg, N. Y.; "Kid" by Elma Caroline Ehrlich, Radcliffe Sp., of Chicago, III.; "Alaric Jourdan's House" by Ralph Milbourne Townsend 1G., of Wellesley; and "The Foundlings" by Annie Andros Hawley, Radcliffe...
...Townsend has written an intensely moving tragedy in "Alaric Jourdan's House". All the monotonous majesty of the land of the St. Lawrence is felt in the situation involving three tellingly drawn characters, and the play moves with almost classic poise to an inevitable denouement of great power...
...that of "Antigone" of Sophocles (1899) are at once masterpieces of English and faithful reproductions, if over such are pos- sible, of the spirit of the originals. His brief introduction to the "Antigone" in which he discusses the nature of Greek tragedy, makes us wish that he had written more extensively on this subject and on Greek literature in general. Since 1898, when he assumed special charge of Philosophy 1b (later A), a course in the history of ancient philosophy, he has opened to many a man a clear and inspiring vision of Greek and Roman thought. Professor Palmer...
...Museum, in the Museum at 3.30 o'clock. Dr. Ross is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a trustee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts since 1895. He has lectured at Harvard on the theory of design since 1899, and has written a book on the same subject. Dr. Ross is well-known as an art connoisseur. The lecture will be open to undergraduates only...