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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...recently been fortunate enough to acquire the valuable private library of that eminent German scholar, the late Professor Conrad von Maurer of Munich. I am presenting it to the Harvard College library. The collection contains numerous works devoted to German history, and it is my desire to set these apart, and to add to them, until their number shall reach ten thousand volumes. These ten thousand volumes would have a book plate of their own and would form in the Harvard library a special collection of works on the history of Germany and of German civilization. They would...
Ruskin's central contentions in his theory of political economy are the theses that economic questions cannot be understood apart from ethical and social considerations; and that moral facts having immediate relation to human character are inextricably involved in all production of economic goods. The gist of his idea is in the words, "There is no wealth but life." That his social ideas have never been realized is due to the fact that they involve a reversion to social forms which can never again be permanently established...
...first story, "A Thing Apart," by A. de Roode, follows a theme which inadequate character analysis makes unnatural and unpleasant, despite a touch of boldness in the writing. "Mac's Aunt," by R. G. Fuller, is amusing in a way, but quite without quality. "The Model Farce," by T. Ybarra, is too extravagant for any discussion. "Billy's Outlaw," by P., shows some vivacity and novelty, but has an improbable ending. The magazine contains an enthusiastic book review and an earnest editorial...
...doctor, are quite distinct and peculiar. I do not believe that we have anybody here who could pretend to give this training, and even if we should secure some one to do the teaching, we should still lack proper equipment. It is misleading to speak as if the College, apart from the professional schools, could give the would-be forester more than it gives anyone else, a good foundation for his special knowledge...
...Corporation has also recently established two Austin Resident Scholarships in Architecture, each with an income of three hundred dollars, setting apart for this purpose a portion of the income received by the University under the will of the late Edward Austin. These Scholarships are open to Bachelors of Science in architecture who wish to spend a year in advanced study in architecture at the University. They will be awarded by the President and Fellows on nomination of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...