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...Bernbaum, by the way, is depressed over the American public, is past even regretting the incapacity of Americans to appreciate Ibsen, to him "the greatest dramatist since Shakespere, and probably the greatest author of the nineteenth century." Is there perhaps on the Monthly a certain condescension towards natives...
There will be an important meeting of the members of the Union at 1.30 today in the Living Room to consider certain alterations and amendments to the present constitution. The changes proposed provide for a more careful wording in several sections where the meaning is slightly ambiguous, and also for the performance by the vice-president of all the president's duties during his absence. This is considered necessary since Major H.L. Higginson, the president, is unable to devote attention to the details of the running of the Union. Changes are also suggested to provide for a smaller House Committee...
Professor W. E. B. DuBois '90 of Atlanta, Georgia, spoke in the Union last evening on "The Transplanting of the Race, 1442-1860," dealing with certain historical and present phases of the negro problem...
...this afternoon. While the reception is primarily an undergraduate affair all graduates and members of the Faculty are invited. It is the wish of President Eliot to have it as simple and informal as possible, and for that reason no speeches have been arranged. At five o'clock, however, certain important announcements will be made. Tea will be served in the dining room...
...body reaching forward a little farther than formerly and finishing only slightly back of the perpendicular. A generally simpler, easier, and more deliberate recovery is the expected result. The body, moving forward upon the knees, acts as a spring gradually to hold back the slide, thus preventing to a certain extent rushing and the consequent stopping of the shell. This, moreover, proves to be a more restful mode of recovery, as well as easier, and of smooth and delicate execution, so that the momentum is not shaken from the boat...