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...life and by his absolute devotion to duty and the public interest. He lays down the cares of office voluntarily at the ripe age of seventy-five while 'his eye is not dimmed nor his natural force abated.' Indeed his temperament has mellowed with time, and he has grown young with the passing years...
...gave so much that there was little left for the hearers to do except to wonder, to enjoy, and to grow. Students accordingly flocked around in such numbers and eagerness as we read attended the lectures of Abelard. To be properly nourished, each age needs something that is not grown on its own soil. Besides the nutrition that is "timely," a little of that on which our forefathers fed keeps up the continuity of the stock. The methods of Mr. Norton were superbly out of date in our specialistic time. He saw in the Fine Arts the embodiment...
...hours. Dr. E. H. Stevens of Cambridge, who is in constant attendance, announced early this morning that Professor Norton was sinking rapidly, and that the end might be expected at any time. Mr. Norton has suffered for several months from the infirmities that come with age, and has grown gradually worse, until his sinking to a dangerous condition yesterday...
...author of this review has damned "Mother Advocate" with his faint praise, he offers all apologies. But the truth is, the "Old Lady" seems to have grown anaemic during summer. She needs a subcutaneous application of good red blood. In avoiding affectation, the contributors have done well, but in achieving mediocrity they are hardly to be commended. At the risk of bringing anathema upon his head, the reviewer dares to ask, Is the Advocate sufficiently democratic? The literary tradition of the College may be left to the Monthly; the Advocate should be a magazine of undergraduates, for undergraduates...
...needed statement of the organization and purposes of several new clubs of Harvard men is a valuable contribution to this issue. Most important is the new Harvard Club of Boston, which started only a few weeks ago but has grown with astonishing speed to a membership of 700. O. B. Roberts '86 is the author of this sketch. Professor W. M. Davis '69 describes the Harvard Travelers' Club, an organization dating from 1902, whose membership is limited to men who have had unusual opportunities for travel. The Cosmopolitan Club, described by J. D. Greene '96, is familiar to the undergraduates...