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...most significant feature of the January "Illustrated" is the evident desire of the editors to make this magazine a forum for the discussion of real issues. Almost every vital human problem arises in connection with some undergraduate activity. There is an unfortunate convention to the effect that college life is somehow not "real life"; whereas life with one's fellows in any community gives rise to the same political and ethical principles. In so far as the "Illustrated" stimulates men to think and write about the big problems as these appear in the present interests and activities, it cannot fall...
...understand rightly the conditions under which the Agora and the Forum ceased activities a few years ago, the chief reason why debating failed was that the control of the two societies was allowed to fall into the hands of a small group of men whose leadership was unpopular. If a debating club is to attract members from more than a limited section of the student body its officers should be so chosen that they will represent a number of different interests. Under a representative set of officers, and with competitions for places on the University teams and for the various...
...topography of ancient Italy. He has lived in Rome most of the time since 1880, being appointed secretary of the German Institute in 1887. He has been active in collecting and publishing Roman inscriptions and has written much on archaeological topics, including an excellent book on the Roman Forum. The subject of the lecture this evening suggests an address recently delivered at Harvard by Signor Ferrero; it will be of interest to see whether Professor Huelsen agrees with the Italian scholar in all points...
President Eliot will speak before the Civic Forum on the subject of "Lawlessness" this evening in Carnegie Hall, New York. After the President's speech the question will be open for general discussion. The Civic Forum is an organization in New York whose objects are the discussion of public questions and the promotion of international good-will. Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., h.'90, will preside at the meeting. Tomorrow morning President Eliot will deliver a short address before the students of the Horace Mann Schools and Teachers' College...
...Forum--"A Prose Epic of Marriage," F. T. Cooper...