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...important conference will be held under the auspices of the Student Volunteer Committee, in the Phillips Brooks House, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8 p. m. The subject will be: "Friendly Visiting among the Poor." Well known philanthropic workers will explain the subject in a practical way, and by personal details. Among the speakers will be Miss Z. D. Smith, general secretary of the Associated Charities of Boston; Miss Mary L. Birtwell, general secretary of the Cambridge Associated Charities; Mr. Stephen P. Cabot, visitor for the Boston Associated Charities; and several student workers. An opportunity will be given for questions...
...points of interest about Boston. Trips have already been taken to Franklin Park, Spy Pond, Revere Beach and Norumbega Park. It is planned to take a party to the Navy Yard, where they will inspect the grounds and ships with the help of an officer who has agreed to explain whatever is necessary about the equipments and management of the Navy Yard...
...Horace White of New York, has also been engaged by the Classical Club to lecture on "Cicero, Clodius and Milo," in the Fogg Lecture Room, on April 25. Dr. White will give an account of the street fighting in Rome in the time of Caesar, and will explain the influence of the mob on Roman politics. This will probably be the last open lecture of the Classical Club this year...
...important literary movement. They did not merit the name of decadents, for their dream was to raise poetry to its more noble duties. The constant use of symbols has led to their being called symbolists. The celebrated critic Brunetiere was among the first to defend them and to explain their theories. The young writers had also a number of small reviews in which they defended their ideas. Among those that are still published are La Mercure de France and La Revue Blanche...
...limited number of invited guests. The exercises will begin at four o'clock and admission cards will not be required. Mr. R. T. Paine '55 will preside and make the presentation speech. After the acceptance by President Eliot, Mr. E. A. Abbott '55, treasurer of the building committee, will explain the subscription list, which is made up of more than 600 names of purely voluntary subscribers from all parts of the world. The fund amounts to $70,000. Dr. Peabody will then make a speech on the uses of the building...