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Dean Briggs acted as toastmaster, and introduced Mr. Arthur Foote '74 as the first speaker. He spoke on the great progress made by the Musical Department since he was an undergraduate and emphasized the need of a new building which should be the seat of all musical activity at Harvard. Dr. S. W. Langmaid '59 spoke on the same general topic, laying especial stress on the fact that as Harvard was the first college to recognize music among its courses, and allow students to take music courses both for entrance examinations and for degrees, she should be the first...
...Lane '81, to secure the services of Mr. Gilbert Murray, M.A., Oxford '92, LL.D., Glasgow '00, and from 1889 to 1899 Professor of Greek at Glasgow, for a course of six lectures on Greek Traditional Poetry; a chapter in the History of Greek Poetry in relation to the progress of the Human Race. The lectures will be given in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum on the evenings of April 29, May 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10 at 8 o'clock, and will be open to the public. Announcement of the subjects of Mr. Murray's lectures will...
...greatest progress which has been made in New York to offset this condition has been in the destruction of dark alleys, where poor tenements containing rooms in which no light or air had access, were prevalent. In the investigations made by a committee for the purpose, 360,000 rooms were found which did not have any external openings for light or air. Now the laws forbid the erection of any structure in which there shall be a single room which does not have an external opening. Mr. Riis showed many interesting views of the poorer quarters of New York under...
Work on Langdell Hall, the new Law School building on Holmes Field, has progressed much more rapidly recently than during the early winter, when unfavorable weather conditions materially retarded the work. The main part of the construction of the building is nom complete, all of the iron and steel girders being up and the stone work in place. The roof has been finished and half coppered: and the underground corridor between Austin Hall and the new building is complete, except for the laying of its floor. Work has just been begun on the electrical and steam heating apparatus...
...strength and wisdom of the people. This faith in our people and in our democratic form of government cannot be over estimated, and it is justified by a comparison between our government and that of Russia. The evidence of the righteousness of our democracy is its universal progress...