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...American Ornithologists' Union, founded in 1883, was an outgrowth of the "Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge," so named in honor of Thomas Nuttall '26, who was once professor of natural history in the University. Since that time the organization has grown rapidly and has fulfilled its purpose of bringing together the most eminent active ornithologists in the country, and of regulating the nomenclature of North American birds. Among speakers at the present convention are officers of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, and of the Department of Agriculture at Washington...
...government and civic duty. The lectureship bears the name of a great journalist, a man of unusual vigor, sincerity, and candor, who throughout his life pursued high ideals of public duty and liberty. His pen was strong and his writings were often irritating to his opponents. To do him honor, his friends, many of whom differed from him politically, have endowed this lectureship. It is particularly appropriate that the man who is to inaugurate these lectures should be one who may be called the greatest living student of political problems and the most prominent publicist...
...worth trying? The team will them win or lose on its own merits. And should it lose, I am sure lack of support will not be the cause. Harvard men hither to have never needed incentive to show their confidence in the teams that are playing for Harvard's honor, nor will they need any on Thursday. UNDERGRADUATE...
...inscriptions are as follows: "Stoughton Hall, Built by Harvard College, Aided by a State Lottery, 1805--Named in Honor of William Stoughton, who gave to Harvard College the first Stoughton Hall, 1698." "Holworthy Hall, Built with the Proceeds of a State Lottery, 1812--Named in Honor of an English Merchant, Sir Thomas Holworthy, who in 1681 gave *1000, the largest gift received by Harvard College during the Seventeenth Century...
...rules for conferring the degree of Bachelor of Arts with distinction, which were voted recently by the Faculty, approved by the Overseers, and are today posted in University Hall, institute an important change, and will be tried at least four years. The requirements for an honor degree will hereafter be more exacting and after the Freshman year certain privileges will be given to undergraduate candidates whom the Dean's considers to deserve them. Those who are on the Dean's List, which is provided for by the rules, may use their discretion to a certain extent in attending lectures...