Word: interests
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Owing to the increasing interest in anthropology it has been thought well to establish a club, having for its purpose the furtherance of the study by means of combining all those interested in different branches. Mr. Frank Russell, instructor, has been elected permanent secretary, and next fall the other officers will be elected. It is expected that papers will be read by eminent anthropologists next year...
...work which everyone knows Professor Hollis has done for the undergraduates in the four years of his connection with the University, and the interest he has taken in every form of their activity, exclusive of his subject will be enough to draw a crowd to hear him speak. His former experience in the navy warrants an interesting exposition of life in modern naval vessels...
Perhaps what will arouse most interest, is the announcement that English 8 1, originally intended for alternate years, will be offered again next year as a half course running throughout the term. The recent popularity of the course warrants future appreciation, and we believe that the matter it covers will be more thoroughly digested when there are greater intervals between lectures, and consequently more time allowed for literary assimilation...
HARVARD men are looking forward with pleasantest anticipation to next Tuesday evening's performance of "The Chorus Girl" at the Boston Museum. The fact that this, the latest farcical comic opera, is from the pen of a Harvard man, Mr. Emerson Cook '93, gives a particular and special interest to the event. "The Chorus Girl" itself is unambitiously announced as "a two act combination of mirth, melody and nonsense" in which brisk, breezy dialogue, jingly "catchy" and reminiscent music are the chief elements. A star cast and a well balanced chorus are calculated to bring out all the good points...
...fifth and sixth lectures in the series on Soldier's and Sailor's Life were delivered last evening in Sanders Theatre. The speakers were veterans of the Civil War and their advice was of unusual interest. President Eliot introduced the speakers...