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...announcement of the foundation of a prize for the best thesis by a candidate for honors in Modern Languages and English will be greeted with pleasure. The more numerous such prizes can be, the better, as they undoubtedly stimulate candidates, and form an additional reason for doing good work on theses that are now perhaps to a certain extent perfunctory. At Yale the Hugh Chambertain prize for the best entrance paper in Greek is considered a great honor. This new prize at harvard will have a similar effect and will also have the advantage of causing the production of good...
...have perfection of form and a wealth of melody, but Mozart thereby gives expression to his joyfulness and power in contrast to the tender and appealing character of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" It is a relief to turn from the labored and obscure music of Wagner and the more modern school to these examples of perfect form, and beauty combined. The work of the orchestra was with out criticism in these numbers...
...announced that the president and fellows of Harvard College have voted to establish the George B. Sohier prize of $250 a year for the best thesis presented by a successful candidate for honors in English or in Modern Literature. The prize will be awarded this year and should arouse keen competition among those who can compete...
...metals into the precious ones by a simple change. The decomposition of water by Lavasier, of course, broke up this theory, since one of the supposed elements was compound, and not an element in itself. Very soon after this we have the Daultorian theory of atoms which is our modern chemical theory...
Yesterday afternoon in the Jefferson Physical Labratory Professor Toy delivered a lecture on "The Jews in Modern Life." The speaker gave a sketch of the varied history of the Jews up to the modern times and dwelt particlarly on the rich Jews of the present century. Especially did he dwell on the history of the Rothschild house-the energy, skill and sagacity which the Rothschilds showed in attaining the high position they now occupy-for a high position it certainly is. Many of the Rothschilds have been leaders in politics and many have been knighted as is well known...