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...Engineering Journal begins its second year with the November number, which has recently been issued. A number of excellent cuts make the magazine attractive, and at times lend to the articles and interest which of themselves they might not command. "The Engineering Camp at Squam Lake," by H. H. Fox '00, appeals to one more strongly through its illustrations than its reading matter. The articles on "The Armature Drop and Regulation of Alternators," by Assistant Professor Adams, and on "Wind Stresses in Railway Bridges," by Assistant Professor Johnson, are too technical to be quite appreciated by the reader not scientifically...
...working needs, on which, after all, the financial plan must ultimately be based. It is important, therefore, that the registration under the four-dollar plan should be up to the minimum number of two thousand necessary to place the facilities of the Infirmary this year at the command of every member of the University...
...History, Government and Economics, or Science and some modern language. Classics and mathematics are mentioned by few, showing that the lack of an old fashioned training in these subjects is not felt seriously by men of some experience, commercial or professional. One suggestion is so generally made as to command special attention: the student should be more carefully guided in his choice, so that his work may form a rational whole, and not be scattered aimlessly in all directions. Throughout, these and other suggestions, as well as the direct answers tabulated, have contributed to the investigation the value which...
...inappropriate of their presentation. I feel that the British treatment of the Boers is one of the questions which is, or should be, of universal interest. The situation as revealed in successive official British reports is simply appalling, and ought to be presented to this country so as to command wider attention than has yet been given to it. The schools of Germany and France have already become associated in a movement of protest and sympathy, and most of the continental universities have expressed themselves in great public meeting. Those who care to inform themselves as to the attitude...
...Brattle street--looking, said President Quincy, like a member of the General Court from the rural districts of Massachusetts. He was enthusiastically received by the whole College, and the students gave up all their rooms to the soldiers. On the next day, over on the Common, Washington formally took command of the troops. It was upon him that the College, in 1776, conferred its first degree of L.L.D...