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...Reaction Against Ibsen" is a thoughtful essay on Ibsen's position at the present day - the attacks which have been made on certain characteristic features of his writings - and the justice of such onslaughts. After citing several passages from some of Ibsen's best-known plays to illustrate certain lines of thought with which some writers have lately picked flaws, the author states as his personal conviction that the hostile attitude of society towards Ibsen is only an illustration of that principle which is as old as life - the principle of self preservation, and further that "the cry that Ibsen...
...poetry of the number seems to us to be below the Monthly's usual standard. Of the two poems, "The Answer" is the better. But it is decidedly inferior to what its author has done before and certainly cannot stand comparison with its author's most lately published poem, "Dolarosa," - although the diction is simple and natural and certain lines are very good. "The Builder - Science" has the double fault of extreme vagueness of thought and inaptitude of diction...
...convention of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, which begins here today, is a rather unusual event at Harvard. It has a certain interest, however, for every man in college. It will bring together a hundred or more men from twenty-five of the prominent colleges of the country. Most of these men will see Harvard for the first time, and their impression of the University will be formed during the few days of the convention. Many of them are western men who may in time, if favorably impressed, enter some department of the University, or who may, by carrying back...
...have lectures on any subject in Science or Literature, it sends to the University for a lecturer. The lecturer, either a Professor or a Fellow of the university, agree to give lectures, never less than six for about $225, the lectures coming at stated intervals and being of certain length. The money is then raised by the people and payed in advance. After the lectures, time is given for questions from the audience and then a class is formed for further study. Papers are prepared in the intervals between the lectures and submitted to the lecturer who corrects and returns...
...action of the administrative board on the petition for the release of certain of the foot ball players from probation is gratifying for several reasons, but for none so much as because it shows again that the relation between students and faculty is one of close understanding and sympathy. That the work of the men on probation should improve and bring them safely within the specified standards of the college was of course a sine qua non to their restoration to regular standing at any time. The fact that they have made that improvement, however, would not have been enough...