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...long. The second floor will contain a large room for rowing machines and training apparatus, a large room for the 'Varsity crew, rooms for the coaches, for class crews, and for general use. There will be ample shower bath conveniences, and a large covered balcony extending the length of the building on the water side. The second floor will be heated by steam, as a small room on the lower floor has been left for a boiler. It is further expected that a light bridge will connect the boat house with Soldiers Field One feature which will...
...site selected for the Brooks Memorial House? The northwest corner of the Yard is so crowded that any new building could hardly fail to detract seriously from the beauty of the spot, to say nothing of injuring the rear rooms of Stoughton. These objections have been already urged at length in editorials of both the Monthly and CRIMSON, and in fact by every person, whether graduate or undergraduate, to whom I have mentioned the matter. It is one in which we are all of necessity interested, yet the authorities in charge have not thus far seen fit to vouchsafe...
...usual pages of entertaining gossip of writers and books. There is an interesting article, biographical and critical, on the late Alphonse Daudet. The controversy over the hundred best books for a village library is continued in two communications, each holding a different view. Many recent books are reviewed at length by various critics...
...Garrick" was the subject of Mr. Copeland's lecture yesterday afternoon. This is the first public lecture on Garrick that has ever been given at Harvard. Mr. Copeland, in his introductory remarks, spoke of the present condition of the stage and of the theatre going public, and then at length of Garrick's career, triumphs, acting and unusually complex character. During his first public season, in 1742 at Drury Lane, Garrick performed eighteen different characters, and this versatility marked his entire career until its close in 1776. In his choice of plays he satisfied the romantic longings of the times...
...President makes is that of having two occasions during the year, instead of one for the conferring of degrees. He does not appear as a partisan of such a change, but notes those tendencies of the Harvard system which would make it appear a consistent development. Formerly, a specified length of residence was the most important qualification for the degree; now it is the passing of examinations on a definite number of courses or half-courses. Provided that the curriculum is so arranged as to allow considerable freedom of choice among half-courses of the first half-year...