Word: modernizations
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...this he laid the greatest stress and with what foresight and judgement we can best determine by the attitude taken at present by the leading universities, among which we can with pride and justice place Harvard among the first to take up this idea and present it in its modern form...
...announcement has been posted in University of the Paine Prizes which were offered for the first time last year. Two prizes of $100 each are offered by Hon. Robert Treat Paine for the best essay by any student of the University on the ethical aspect of modern social questions. One prize will be awarded for the best original investigation of some form of charity-work with practical conclusions drawn therefrom. The other prize will be awarded for the best original investigation of some special phase of the Labor Question with practical conclusions drawn therefrom...
...amendments passed by the Intercollegiate Athletic Association were in every way to the interest of modern sport, and to the credit of Harvard as originator. In proposing the abolition of the tug-of-war and the substitution of the safety for the ordinary bicycle race. Harvard was prompted by the spirit which is governing all pure athletics of the present day. The mere trial of brute strength has ceased to be the main object of sport, and greater precautions are being taken to secure the safety of the competitors from unnecessary accidents. It was in this spirit of having athletics...
...boiler rooms, and the other for the hydraulic apparatus. A one story boiler house will be built between this building and North Sheffild Hall, and near that will be the steam engine laboratories. The buildings will be finished in hard wood, heated by steam and fitted with all modern arrangements. It is expected that the building will be completed next September...
...Symphony Concerts was given last night in Sanders Theatre before the usual large audience and proved in some respects the most interesting of the season. The programme was a varied one in point of the character of the pieces but there was one characteristic plainly shown throughout, namely the modern style of the music. The works were most of them products of the last eighty years, and one, the selection from "Peer Gynt" has appeared very lately. The soloist, Mrs. Julia L. Wyman, contributed in no small degree to the pleasure of the evening; her work was artistic throughout...