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Charles R. Lanman, Professor of Sanskrit, Editor of the Harvard Oriental Series and Curator of Indio Manuscripts, will deliver a memorial address on "William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894): His Character and Services," in Emerson Hall, Room D, at 8 o'clock tonight. This address, which will be open to the public, is a repetition of the address delivered in December, 1894, at Philadelphia, before the First American Congress of Philologists, assembled to commemorate the public services of the most eminent American philologist of the 19th century...
...Professor Whitney was for forty years a Professor of Sanskrit at Yale, during which time he did a great deal to further the prestige of that university. He was the author of a great many books on philology, besides works in his particular field of Sanskrit, he composed French and German grammars and translated several foreign books, among them being Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell." He had the general supervision of the publication of the "Century International Dictionary" and was the author of numerous writings on word derivations...
...Professor Henry Wyman Holmes, A.M., will conduct morning prayers in Appleton Chapel this morning at 8.45. The service will close promptly at 9 o'clock to allow students to reach their classes at that hour...
...America should be equipped to take the field. Pacifism combined with staying at home and playing safe I can understand; but pacifism combined with looking for trouble, with ideals of heroism and chivalry, is to my mind contradictory, confusing and likely to lead to tragic consequences. RALPH BARTON PERRY, Professor of Philosophy...
...Professor Charles Townsend Copeland '82 will give the first of his readings for the season 1919-20 in the Living Room of the Union at 8 o'clock this evening. This Christmas reading will include selections from Dickens, Kipling, O. Henry, and Leacock. Any member of the Union may obtain admittance upon showing his membership card. As is customary, the doors will be closed as soon as the reading begins, and those who arrive late cannot be admitted...