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...United States Civil Service Commission has announced an open competitive examination for assistant examiner in the Patent Office on January 17, 18 and 19, 1917, at the postoffice, Boston. After the register of eligibles resulting from this examination, certification will be made to fill vacancies as they may occur in this position at the entrance salary of $1,500 a year, unless it is found to be in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, transfer or promotion, anyone over 20 years of age who is a citizen of the United States and who meets...
Persons who meet the requirements and desire this examination should at once apply to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington...
Since the death of Professor Royce, who held the Alford professorship of natural religion, moral philosophy and civil polity, in succession to Professor Palmer, it has been rumored that Bertrand Russell would be called from England to the chair made vacant by Professor Royce. It is certain that no such offer has ever been made to Mr. Russell, though he had been invited to lecture at Harvard during the present year. Whether or not such an offer ever will be made remains to be seen, but it does not seem likely that if Mr. Russell is called to Harvard...
...somehow unmanly for us not to be doing some fighting. They feel that our differences with Mexico ought to be made an affair of honor. President Wilson's view seems to be that it would be dishonorable and cowardly to make war upon a weak nation, distracted by civil wars. Remembering that this Republic is dedicated to certain great principles, he apparently feels that we ought to put no difficulties in the way of those Mexicans who are fighting, however blindly, for the same things for which the men of '76 fought...
Another short address was given by Major Henry Lee Higginson '55. In his speech he extolled the spirit, the bravery and the sacrifice of the men who gave their lives for a cause in which they thoroughly believed. He instanced several experiences in the Civil War to show the heroic character of a soldier who gives up his life in battle. He said, "These men have performed a great sacrifice. They fought because they loved freedom and hated oppression. Our country mourns the loss of their lives...