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...says: "The war, in my opinion, was deliberately brought about by the Transvaal government which, ever since the retrocession, entered upon a policy having for its object the ultimate exclusion of the British from the whole of South Africa. The interview between Reitz and Schreiner, the brother of the present premier of Cape Colony, at the time of the establishing of the Afrikander Bund, proves that war with England was then contemplated and being prepared for. The recent statement, publicly made, by Dr. Levds, the Hollander agent of the Transvaal, that large quantities of ammunition had been accumulated for years...
...Cambridge University, a position which corresponds to membership on the board of preachers at Harvard. He is the author of several works on social subjects, some of which are: "Village Politics," "Christ and Democracy," "Christ and Economics," and "Charles Kingsley and the Christian Social Movement." He is at present giving a course of lectures on literary subjects at Steinert Hall, Boston...
...annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Golf Association was held in New York on December 22. Resolutions were passed to admit Pennsylvania to membership, to change the present scoring system to the English method and to adopt the four-year limit rule. The date for holding the annual championship was changed from fall to spring, so that the next contest will not take place until the spring...
...wide range of study, both ancient and modern. The address of Professor C. E. Norton, honorary president, on "The Work of the Institute" was one of the most interesting as well as the soundest and best conceived of the convention. He took as his theme the necessity of the present hurrying and unfinished age to study and imitate the repose and refinement of ancient civilization. Among other papers by Harvard men was one by Professor W. W. Goodwin on "The Hero Physician," which was illustrated with lantern slides. Professor F. W. Putnam spoke on "Ancient Pueblos of the Chaco Canon...