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...course in Greek history, from the prehistoric period to the decline of the nation, will be substituted for the course in Roman History offered in 1900. A new course of twenty-eight lectures on the great periods of English History will be given by Dr. Cross, Harvard '95, of the University of Michigan. 'German Literature of the Classic Period," will be given instead of the course in "Middle High German" offered last year. Two courses in Music, a course in Analytic Geometry, and an advanced course on the "Morphology and Ecology of Plants" are offered for the first time...
...dangers are in men being convinced of what is not true; or of binding themselves to what they but half believe, or in the imposition of doubtful propositions, which becomes a tyranny. The dogmatic tendency, first growing among the Greeks, and then enforced by the Roman Law, was open to all these dangers, though there is a certain grandeur and reticence in the creeds it produced, especially when contrasted with the dogmatic speculations, often imposed as necessary truth, after the Reformation in Germany. Our age claims not an extension of dogmas, but their simplification and interpretation...
Some time ago the Egyptian Fund Society unearthed in Egypt many valuable papyri, or scrolls, written in the Graeco-Roman age. One hundred and eighteen of these original manuscripts are soon to be sent to this country to be distributed among certain universities and colleges. Pennsylvania will receive 29; Harvard, 19; Yale, 16; Columbia, 16; Princeton, 13; Hamilton College, 5; Vassar College, 4. No decision has been reached as to the particular manuscripts which each will receive, for the allotment is made difficult by the varying value of the different papyri...
...will be delivered by Professor McGiffert of the Union Theological Seminary, New York. The subject will be "The Validity of Early New England Church Orders." The Congregational church of the first settlers of New England refused to recognize ecclesiastical orders conferred by the High Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. Thus the question has arisen as to the validity of the orders which the Congregationalists themselves conferred. Professor McGiffert's lecture will be an attempt to prove that the early church orders were valid...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert. Miss Gertrude May Stein, Soloist. Sanders Theatre, 7.45 p. m. Programme: Berlioz, Overture, "The Roman Carnival," Op. 9; Raff, Aria, "Traum Konig"; Massenet, Suite, "Esclarmonde" (first time); Tschaikowsky, Aria, "Jungfrau von Orleans"; Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, in C minor...