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Beginning next Sunday, March 14, there will be on exhibition in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library a noteworthy collection of early editions of Horace. This collection is one of the most complete in the country, and one of the specialties of the Library. Dating from the 13th century, and covering a period of several hundred years. the books offer as well a summary of the history of printing. Almost every printer of note tried his hand in putting out an edition of Horace, who was a very popular author during the whole Middle Ages, and thus the whole...
...Gross will more carefully consider the editorial on the work of Sir Oliver Lodge printed in the CRIMSON of Feb. 13th, he will see that the CRIMSON did not state what it believed to be the "scientific status of investigations of the supernormal as expounded by Sir Oliver Lodge." The CRIMSON only stated that "It was refreshing to see an eminent psychologist take a stand against Lodge." And this most certainly Professor Hall did in his article printed in the Boston Herald...
...everyone who is at all conversant with the subject of psychical research understands that Lodge, and all others seriously interested in the study, place very small importance on the phenomena produced by mediums. The study is far deeper that that; but the status of the CRIMSON editorial of February 13th merely echoes the feeling of sceptism on this point held, even by Sir Oliver Lodge. The aim of the editorial, it seems to me, was not so much to instruct men already familiar with the subject of Sir Oliver's research, but rather to give to those who know little...
...13th annual meeting of the Eastern Massachusetts section of the Classical Association of New England will be held jointly with the Classical Club of Greater Boston in Harvard Hall on Saturday at 10n o'clock. This meeting will consist of 20-minute talks on classical subjects, followed by a discussion and a stereopticon lecture. Among the speakers will be the Reverend Samuel V. Cole, President of Wharton College; the Reverend Thomas A. Becker of Boston College, Mr. William C. Greene of Groton School, Professor Charles H. Forbes of Andover Academy, and Dr. Walter H. Freeman of Worcester Academy...
...They early came under Germany rule, but those nearer to the coast under Venetian," the speaker declared. "Their native aristocracy was displaced or Germanized. Their towns were largely German. Already, by the 13th century, they were under the house of Austria, and the history of their territory has been Austrian." The progress of Germanization has been very slow and unconscious until recent years...