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...suitable track of our own that Beacon Park is allowed. In granting this permission the committee of the faculty have the thanks of the club, not only for the permission but also for their considerate manner of dealing with the matter, which is an additional proof of their interest in the welfare of our athletics...
...would urge every one who is interested in Political Economy to sign the petition now being circulated, urging the enlargement of this department. In order to have weight with the authorities, the petition must be signed by a large number of men, and it must be shown that there is an active interest in the subject. Even those who have not taken any courses, but who intend to in future years, will do well to sign, since they will be the ones to profit by the extension asked...
...Harvard society has suggested to men at Yale and other colleges to attempt something similar, but as yet nothing but talk has been accomplished. There is no evident reason why Harvard's example cannot be followed by every college in the United States, and in view of the great interest in the experiment manifested at Amherst, Princeton, Yale, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania, there is yet room for hope that the Harvard society may be only the leader of a long line of useful organizations. If several of our leading colleges could maintain societies of this character they could...
...coins cannot compare in interest with the manuscripts and manuscript letters in the room. There are four plain cases which contain these literary rarities. Perhaps the most valuable and most incomprehensible to the majority of visitors are the Biblical manuscripts. There are about ten in one case, not the least of which cost three hundred francs. They range from the eighth to the seventeenth century. The oldest purports to be of the eighth century, and, "if so, is the oldest manuscript on the American continent." The majority are pictured manuscripts, and the gorgeousness of illustration is indescribable. Especially notable...
...first of Mr. Royee's lectures on the Religious Aspects of Philosophy was enjoyed by a large audience on Thursday night. The lecture, though intended chiefly for those who had made to some extent a special study of philosophy, nevertheless, proved most interesting to those who had not the advantage of a large acquaintance with the subject. The lecturer possessed the happy faculty of putting his thoughts in a popular form while he treated the subject in a profound manner. Such lectures as this cannot fail to increase the interest taken in the study of philosophy by the students...