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The lecturer said that we are often puzzled when we try to account for the readiness with which we remember certain events which happened long ago, while we entirely forget recent occurrences. A little study shows us that the ease with which any incident is recalled depends on the strength...
It was a quarter of eight o'clock, when the first speaker, W. R. Bigelow, was announced. He spoke in a very agreeable manner, but evidently felt the disadvantages of being the first speaker. W. E. B. DuBois delivered Grattan's 'Invective against Mr. Flood' in an effective manner. His...
Rev. William Lawrence conducted a brief but impressive service of worship, after which Justin Winsor, librarian of the University, delivered an appropriate historicol address. This address was a model of its kind, the latter half of it being especially admirable, Seldom is an address heard in which the thought is...
"General view of the contents of Babylonian books" was the subject of Professor Lyons lecture yesterday afternoon. The Babylonians and Assyrians had many libraries at Larsa, Cuthra, Sippar, Calah and Nineveh. From the last named, the youngest of all (668-626 B. C.) many of the most valuable books have...
The Apollo Clubs of Yale gave a concert last evening in Tremont Temple under the auspices of the Star Lecture course. The Apollo Glee Club, composed of seventeen members, rendered in an acceptable manner a number of familiar college songs, and also some new ones. Mr. A. E. Jenks accompanied...