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...third annual convention of the Church Students' Missionary Association will be held at the Episcopal Theological School, on Brattle street, Friday and Saturday of this week. The conventions have hither to been held in New York, and the choice of Cambridge for the third one is a very considerable honor. A number of Cambridge men are interested in the Association, three serving on the Executive Committee. A very attractive program has been prepared. Among those who will deliver addresses are Rev. Phillips Brooks, Rt. Rev. P. U, Dudley, Bishop of Kentucky, Rt. Rev. B. H. Paddock, Bishop of Massachusetts...
...which cannot be accepted without dispute. The position taken, however, is rather an ideal than an aetual one. The question is asked, "for whose benefit are these games and exhibitions given?" The possible answers considered are, "for the physical benefit of the men who participate in them," "for the honor of the institution which may indulge in them," and lastly, "for the benefit of the undergraduate, who honors out-of-door sport, and who supports it with his heartiest shout and his unbounded enthusiasm." The Advocate rightly says that the first answer is wrong, that the second is subordinate...
...have the honor, Gentlemen...
Clark university is the first institution in this country to establish the title of docent, which is its highest annual appointment. It is primarily intended as an honor to be awarded to those worthy of more prominent and lucrative positions as professors or assistant professors in colleges. It may be bestowed without examination upon a few men who have advanced beyond the requirements of a doctorate and who satisfy the requirements of the university by a thesis a public address, or in any other way, of both their scientific attainments and their teaching abilities, and, if necessary, may be accompanied...
...alumni of Oberlin college have raised a fund of $50,000 to found a Fairchild Professorship in honor of ex-President James N. Fairchild...