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After the address, some of the men who have engaged in various forms of philanthropic work during the past year will speak in an informal way of the opportunities which Cambridge and Boston afford in that direction. The conference will be open to all members of the University...
...essential purpose of the Harvard Union to afford a social opportunity within the reach of all Harvard men. This has been the authorized statement from the very start, and if it means anything less than this, a vast amount of beautiful talk has been worse than wasted. And if this is the fundamental object, this consideration should govern the annual dues, rather than any notion of what might be desirable in other respects. Economy is an absolute necessity in any general college enterprise. The self-supporting student who carries his own burden can bear only a light weight in addition...
...works in a marked way. First, his works are rythmatic. This is shown in the repetition of a certain set of lines at various points throughout a picture--a line in a castle echoing a line in a cottage; one on a bridge, another in a fence. These rhythms afford the observer pleasure in echoing or reinforcing some important idea. Secondly, Turner shows love for human interest. Everywhere he enlivens his already intensely charming landscapes by appropriately placed and logically related human figures. And thus his landscape with human interest has an unusual power *sthetically. Lastly, Turner always takes special...
...greatest faults with the present apparatus of the gymnasium is that its form of exercises is monotonous. An attempt has been made to supply this want by so constructing a machine that exercise on it will afford an opportunity for competition in different kinds of races. It is also intended to furnish the best means of strengthening and developing all the muscles of the body in a natural way, so that the heart and lungs will be equally developed without overtaxing them with too vigorous efforts...
...letting down of the bars due to the elective system, should make every man proud to wear the togs that mark him as a member of the class. If we can make one large sympathetic unit out of the present mob calling themselves seniors, we can well afford to put up with the slight discomfort of light skirts flapping about our knees. A SENIOR...