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...object of the campaign in the American colleges is not so much for the purpose of obtaining the funds necessary for the construction of the new building as to justify the symbolism involved. In order that the gift shall be truly representative, the national committee is endeavoring to have the number of subscribers very large and the individual subscriptions small. The executive committee of the University's drive has consequently adopted the motto: "Everybody--One Dollar and No More...
...library of the University of Louvain, destroyed in 1914 by the Germans, is to be rebuilt by Americans, and 640 colleges and universities are taking an active interest in the work. The object of the contribution is not so much to obtain funds for the construction of the new building as to justify the symbolism involved. In order that the gift shall be truly representative of the students of American colleges and universities, a large proportion of their number must be included in the list of donors to be kept in a mammoth volume among the records...
...collection, composed principally of Persian, Japanese, and Chinese works of art, in one of the rooms on the ground floor, just before he volunteered to go to Europe in the service of the Red Cross, where he died in October, 1918. The room is a masterpiece of arrangement. Each object is placed with reference to its neighbors, and each case in reference to the room as a whole...
...main object of the committee in preparing the book is to give a complete and unified story of the University's athletic accomplishments during the past half century or more; to preserve in permanent form for the use of graduates and others, an important chapter in the life of the college...
...spirit of carping criticism that we mean to object to such requirements; but rather in the hope of furthering the adjustment process. It is difficult to see now how great will be the changes during the next five years, and more so the longer the period of time considered. Changes there will be, however, and among them, if the divisional examinations are going to be anything but a farce and an additional obstacle in the path to a degree, will certainly come greater freedom for the candidate. A step has already been taken in the abolition of the four-course...