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...type of mind indicated by a fair understanding of the word "aesthetic" becomes not so specialized a view as he forecasts. He is as abhorrent of "new culture" as he is severe towards the "coarse mind"; and the "poser" wherever found, whether he reads Pierre Loti to maintain refinement or abstains from drinking milk because he thinks it unmanly, is called, if he be a pretender, "diabolically insincere". In short Mr. Brooks depicts a very decent sort of fellow, who writes, and he asks: "Why shouldn't he write--and as honestly and ambitiously as he likes--without being laughed...
...annual meeting of the Harvard Officers' Fund Association, held yesterday afternoon, Professor C. R. Lanman was elected chairman for 1906-07, and Professor J. B. Ames was elected acting secretary and treasurer, owing to illness of Professor E. H. Hall. The object of the association is to maintain a fund to give aid to officers of the University in case of sickness...
...week. There again, all teams should have equal privileges in this direction; for instance, it hardly seems fair that the cross-country team, which requires as great ruggedness and endurance as any team in the University, should be cut off with no support and be forced to maintain its own training-table...
...place the drama of the future on the high plane it deserves, we must have a National Academy of Drama which can adequately equip actors to maintain the great dignity of their...
...Warren Anatomical Museum, and to rooms for the social uses of students and Faculty. To take advantage of these new opportunities for a more congenial student life, and organization has recently been formed, known as the Students' Library Association, whose two-fold object is to equip and maintain a library of current books and periodicals and to act as the centre of the student activity. The membership is open to all students and financial support is dependent on voluntary subscriptions only. The Warren Museum, with a floor space of about 22,000 square feet, occupies the three top floors...