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...been decided that no concert will be given in Detroit, Mich., but there will be one in Omaha. The dual concert with Yale at Cincinnati, O., will not take place because no suitable hall can be engaged for the evening. In each of the cities included the local Harvard Clubs have shown great enthusiasm in arranging to entertain the members of the clubs and have generously undertaken to make all provisions necessary for a successful concert. In some of the cities the regular concert will be followed by a dance. Two special sleeping cars and one baggage car will...
...proposed Cambridge charter which has been framed in large part by members of the University Faculty is a concrete example of the kind of service which men trained in the theory of government are able to perform in behalf of the improvement of local political conditions. The proposed charter includes provisions for a number of the most successful of the changes that have been made of late in city government, the commission plan of administration, the initiative, referendum and recall, the short ballot and preferential voting. If accepted and administered in the right way, the proposed charter should put Cambridge...
...year of the Harvard Dramatic Club have unanimously chosen the "Night Riders," a play in four acts by Edwin Carty Ranck 2Sp., of Lexington, Ky. It centres about the struggle of a young candidate for governor against the Night Riders and their Political influence. The play is full of local color, is strongly dramatic, and is likely to be as great a success as any yet given by the club...
...Chicago, St. Louis, and Brooklyn. Two years ago a very successful dual concert was given in Cincinnati with the Yale clubs. It is hoped that arrangements can be made for a similar concert at Cincinnati this year. At each city the Musical Clubs will be the guests of the local Harvard Club, and the concerts will be given under their auspices. Fifty-two men will be chosen by competition from the three clubs and taken on the trip...
...Curtis, of the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, spoke yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Graduate School of Business Administration on "Local Public Service Corporations...