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...important practical and scientific work describing the German social system. The prominent features of this system are the admirable hygienic precautions, and the system of workmen's insurance which compels every employee receiving less than a stipulated wage to invest in insurance and pensions for himself and family a certain fraction of his yearly earnings. The motto of the German code is "Love your brethren;" and for that reason it is proper that the embodiment of the German ideas should be placed in the Harvard Museum of Social Ethics. The motive of the Emperor in presenting this gift...
...college man, Mr. Low said, must guard against certain attitudes of mind. He must not be indifferent, for indifference accomplishes nothing; he must not be continually critical, for destructive criticism destroys influence; he must not think himself superior to the man who has not had a college education, for in politics a man must be democratic; and lastly, he must be confident in the strength of the government he is to serve...
...Mozart and Haydn, Beethoven's immediate predecessors. Their music, typical of the taste of the eighteenth century, is more obvious, making a direct appeal and containing no suggestion of hidden meaning. To illustrate his remarks Mr. Surette played nearly the whole quartet on the pianola, laying particular stress on certain difficult and important passages...
...those who should have had their pictures taken last week but neglected to do so should go to Tupper before next Wednesday. If pictures are not taken during the week assigned, time for sittings cannot be guaranteed. The Album must go to press by a certain date and Seniors whose "lives" and pictures are not ready will be left...
...also to make possible a moderate advance in salaries to match the increased cost of living. Though it is the Corporation, consisting of the President, the Treasurer and five Fellows, that fixes tuition fees, and not the Board of Over seers, this statement from President Eliot makes it certain that Harvard's reliance is placed on the prospect of an endowment and that the question of raising the tuition fee is for the present dismissed. The best form of endowment President Eliot says is that for salaries, and he suggests the endowment of assistant professorships, instructorships and assistantships, as well...