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...week. While in college, Mr. Bishop was very prominent in class affairs and was an editor of the Lampoon. After his graduation, he went to Columbia where he received a degree in civil engineering in 1905. The greater part of the time since graduation has been spent in the employ of the United Railroads of San Francisco. He is survived by his wife Katherine Marvin Bishop, of San Francisco. The funeral will be held at the Waterman Chapel, 2328 Washington Street, Boston, tomorrow at one o'clock...
...been put into force. This afternoon, the founder of the scheme, President Lowell, will speak to the Freshmen on the "Choice of Electives," and will explain to the its purpose and possibilities. No one is better qualified than President Lowell to tell the men of 1916 how to employ to greatest advantage the educational opportunity now offered them, and no time is more suited than the present for the Freshmen to hear this talk and to profit by it in preparing their plan of study for the next three years...
...almost of necessity, college bred. The most spirited and aggressive article in the number follows at once from the pen of Professor Hart on the theme, "Historical Significance of the Progressive Party." It is a trenchant and direct statement, which, after the Progressive manner, does not hesitate to employ picturesque language, nor to state with succinct boldness the grievances and convictions of the new party. It must be conceded that something of the rigour and vitality of the new movement is evident in the straight-forward phrasing and confident assertions of the article. But the "piece de resistance...
...When used in sufficient number these instruments of noise, known as "clappers", are capable of producing enough sound to drown out the best organized cheering or the most effective singing. They are the type of noise-producer that a great crowd going to a professional baseball game desires to employ to "rattle" the opposing pitcher and to give the favorite team an unfair advantage. In other words, "clappers" are the instruments of a partition crowd which is unwilling to give the opposing team a fair chances to do its best. So before any student purchases one of these mechanical noise...
...government has 815 Harvard men in its employ. The diplomatic and consular service contains 95, and the rest are distributed among other branches as follows: civil service 412, judiciary 159, military 138, legislative(not including members of Congress...