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Lowell's lines on Washington taking command of the army under the old elm near the Cambridge Common are grand and true...
...scenery and history. The one weakness in his work arose from the way in which he learned to write. It was his habit to attempt to copy as best he could the striking passages in whatever he chanced to read, and, while this practice gave him a great command of diction, it also tended to destroy the individuality of his work. He played the "diligent ape" too long...
...number contains the "Anniversary Ode," written by William Vaughn Moody '93, and read at Cambridge on July 3, 1900, the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of Washington's taking command of the Continental army. The "Ode" has for its subject the difference in the nation's conception of the meaning of the word 'liberty' then...
...first and last verses of the "Harvard Hymn" in Latin, to the music of the "Commencement Hymn." Dean Briggs then spoke briefly of the purpose of the meeting, and said that the rewards of the scholars in the University were less evident than those of the athletes, who could command audiences of thousands. He introduced Dr. Wm. Everett '59, who spoke on the value of a scholar's training and on the value of the student to the world in every department of life...
Major-General Leonard Wood, M.S., '84, was yesterday assigned to relieve Major-General Brooke in command of the division of Cuba. Ae will also act as military governor of the island...