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...Scholarship Number" of the Illustrated which has just appeared, contains much interesting information regarding local Harvard affairs and several valuable discussions of general academic problems. The articles on "Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard," "Chess Club," "Wireless Club" and "Hockey as a Major Sport" should receive attention from undergraduates, who may also note. Dean Yeoman's betrayal of "the secret of entering the examination period with confidence," and ponder his words: "Searching for truth, and applying truth to practical affairs, is the most interesting thing in life." But many besides undergraduates might read with profit the suggestive remarks of Professor Legouis...
...Courtis, supervisor of testing work in the Boston Public Schools, will lecture in Emerson J Friday evening, under the auspices of the Harvard Chapter of phi Delta kappa, an Honor Society in the Division of Education. Mr. Courtis has tested the mathematical ability of several thousand school children in New York and Boston, and will describe the results of his tests. The lecture will be illustrated with lantern slides, and will be open to members of the University and to teachers and school superintendenis...
...Delta Kappa. "Educational Measurements," by Mr. S. A. Courtis, of Detroit, Michigan, in Emerson...
...prompted him in recent years to pose as both Nestor and Mentor to learning. Jeremiah Smith '56 contributes an article on his class-mate Major Herrod, and Professor Wendell a sympathetic notice on E. M. Wheelwright. The editor conclusively proves that distinction and longevity are reserved for Phi Beta Kappa men, and the Man Behind The Graduate's Window makes a witty plea that the College muckraker should understand before he fires...
...article of very great interest is the second half of the oration of the French Ambassador delivered before Phi Beta Kappa last June on Rochambeau in America. The address not only shows how much America was indebted to France for the final victory in the Revolution, but draws a vivid picture of the fighters of those days as living men and not heroic statues on the village green...