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...Harvard Medical School has recently received a gift of $10,000 from Mrs. William M. Underhill to form a fund, the income of which will be used for original investigation into diseases and disturbances of function of the nervous system...
...legislature of New York State recently passed a workman's compensation act, a much needed measure, which the highest court threw out as unconstitutional. In doing this, the court exercised a legislative function, a power which the courts of no other country attempt to exercise. It is in these cases where the judiciary and the legislature clash, that Mr. Roosevelt wishes the decision submitted to the people for their final arbitration...
...Kelly, of Oxford University, England, will conduct a special conference under the auspices of the St. Paul's Society, in the Noble Room of the Phillips Brooks House this evening at 7 o'clock. The subject will be "Student Conferences," with special reference to the Northfield conference and its function in America. Rev. Mr. Talbot, who is son of the present Bishop of Winchester, England, has acted as chaplain, fellow, and tutor at Baliol College, Oxford. Rev. Fr. Kelly is also a graduate of Oxford. He is a prominent figure in contemporary Church life in England, having founded the House...
...beneficial to Harvard and the Boston Opera. In this country we have to depend on private support for our artistic and educational institutions. Harvard men have always been foremost in maintaining the high musical standard of Boston. But the relation between Harvard and Boston is so close, and the function of the Opera is so distinctly educational that it would be particularly appropriate for Harvard to take a leading part in supporting the Boston Opera. Aside from the enormous prestige which the University would gain in taking the lead in America along such a line, it would be of infinite...
...previously pointed out, we believe the political clubs have a great function in the discussion which they stimulate, for thereby they are most instructive. We think further that discussion can be stimulated in no better way than by listening to the speeches of men prominent on contemporary politics. But it is possible to procure these men at times other than the middle of a campaign. Also it is possible to have these men speak on the broader aspects of politics. In short, let us have principles rather than propaganda; lectures rather than stump speeches...