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...avoid confusion in the triangular university debate, the managers at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are making a small change in the subject. They will eliminate the words "in desiring," leaving the subject, "Resolved, That the present attitude of the United States Government in exempting our coastwise trade from Panama Canal tolls is justifiable...
...which is too small to warrant a general publisher in undertaking them. The Loeb classical library is an excellent example of what a university might have done if a banker had not anticipated. But there are plenty of enterprises of the same general nature, and by co-operating to avoid wasteful duplication the great American universities might do much to strengthen our literature on a side where it is now weak. There are many valuable books, the publication of which would almost repay the cost, but not quite. An endowment could hardly be used more advantageously than in meeting this...
...Lecture Hall and Sanders Theatre are both being reserved for these lectures and it is desirable that societies arranging for speakers or lectures shall avoid these dates so that Dr. Williams may have as large an audience as possible...
...effectively performed that these two blanks be filled out and returned at the earliest opportunity. In the past class Secretaries have been seriously handicapped because of thoughtless and unnecessary delay on the part of certain of their classmates in complying with this request. It is in order to avoid a similar experience that the Class Committee is making this early appeal. Only the hearty co-operation of the entire class in this matter will make it possible for the officers to do their work successfully...
...series of readings in the Dining Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 9.30 o'clock. The reading will consist of a brief address on "The Spirit of Christmas," followed by selections from the works of Thackeray, Dickens, Stevenson and Barrle, appropriate for the holiday season. In order to avoid the customary crowding at Professor Copeland's readings, tickets are being issued at the Union Office to members, and admission will be by ticket only...