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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...purpose of the meeting will be to discuss various aspects of education in general and in particular to arrive at a solution of some of the problems which confront the urban universities alone. A number of men, prominent in education, and in the field of politics will be present at the meeting to speak on those subjects with which they are most closely connected...
...period of not longer than six months and not less than three months men will be gathered into great camps in the various sections of the country. During this time it will be the chief aim of the instruction to better the physical condition of the men and instil in them the rudiments of fighting upon which the whole complicated system of training might be built in the future...
Regular winter practice for the track men will start on January 5, immediately after the vacation. During the month of practice there will be weekly competitions in the various field events, and at present it is proposed to give a cup at the end of the month's work to the men in each event showing the greatest improvement...
...University of Michigan has established a system of meetings compulsory for Freshmen at which various members of the faculty speak informally for a half-hour on subjects of interest to students newly come to the university. These talks are on college ideals and traditions; and these meetings tend to acquaint the students with well-known faculty members and with college modes of life. . . It is evident that the Freshmen . . . cannot hope to become familiar with the ways of college without some exterior assistance. They remain an amorphous but unamalgamated group in their present situation, and some definite means should...
...Their unusual clearness of detail and the richness of their modelling make this survey an attractive book for the general public interested in early painting, as well as an indispensable one for students and collectors. The painstaking notes on certain incomplete art treasures of which parts are housed in various European collections will make the book particularly valuable for foreign museums, and furnish a convenient summary of the chief works of interest of the period. Due to the inclusion also of the results of scholarly research on the subject of pigments and similar details of technique, the book will prove...