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...trees of the Yard have been practically free from insect pests in past years and it is only during the last few years that there has been any trouble at all. The first troublesome insect was the elm-leaf beetle. It is a small beetle which feeds on the leaves of the elms, in its larval stage, appearing in such numbers as to strip the trees entirely of their foliage, thereby killing them. The trees in the west part of the Yard were attacked by this pest and considerable damage was done before they were overcome...
These elm-leaf beetles undoubtedly weakened the elms to a very great extent and it may be that this paved the way for other destructive insects which have followed...
...pages in lighter tone are occupied by Mr. W. M. E. Whitelock's "The Extenuating Circumstance"; H. C. L.'s "College Kodaks"; "A Leaf from a Log," by Thorvald S. Ross; and T. W. A.'s "I Remember"; while the contributions of verse are from T. S. Eliot and C. P. Aiken. The November issue is a particularly well-balanced number, for which there should be a wide call among Harvard men all over the country if for no other reason than from the fact that first in importance among its contents comes Mr. Lunt's statement of the present...
Following is the program for the Pop-Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: Wagner Night. 1.March, "Coronation," Meyerbeer 2. Overture, "The Barber of Seville," Rossini 3. Danze Piemontesi, Sinigaglia 4. Waltz, "Enjoy Life," Strauss 5. Prelude, "Lohengrin," Act I, Wagner 6. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 7. Album Leaf, Wagner Solo Violin, Mr. J. Hoffmann. 8. Overture, "Tannhauser," Wagner 9. Overture, "Czar and Carpenter," Lortzing 10. Valse and Pizzicato from the Suite, Delibes 11. Selection, "The Fortune Teller," Herbert 12. March, "Merry Soldiers," Sabathil
...Waldo Emerson '66, Dr. David Williams Cheever '52, an assistant under Dr. Holmes while he was a professor in the Harvard Medical School; Rev. Samuel McChord Crothers, h.'99, of Cambridge. In addition to these speakers, Mr. C. T. Copeland '82, of the English Department, will read "The Last Leaf" and "The Chambered nautilus," two of Mr. Holmes's most famous poems. The Harvard Glee Club and the Cambridge Latin School Orchestra will furnish the music. The Glee club will sing "Union and Liberty," music by Francis Boott '31, and words by Dr. Holmes, and "Angel of Peace," with words...