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...this alternating life of Jesus Christ without remembering a dear spirit, Frank Bolles, taken from us but a short week ago. His vocation was with men and his work dry and parching enough to have shrivelled the enthusiasm and imagination of any man. But called by God, it would seem, to fill this position, he turned it into an office of kindness and humanity. Many a poor student felt through him the very kindliest influence of the University. He made the position what it now is and yet without an avocation he would have been unable to carry on this...
...looks as if Harvard is to be forced this year, willingly or unwillingly into having a light crew. The candidates are on the whole doing well and show a great deal of snap in the work. They are quick in catching the ideas, and seem interested in what they are trying...
...outlook for the junior crew is not very bright. Nearly all of last year's winning eight are working with the varsity. Some of the new men who have come out look big and strong but as a rule they are awkward and do not seem to take to the work naturally. Briggs, Stackpole, and Davis have done most of the coaching...
...same terms as to men; or a middle course such as was pursued was necessary. Now this middle course was a compromiseand the situation today is a compromise. Instead of pursuing either of the extreme courses a bridge has been put across between them. Right here, it seems to us, the petitioners have gone astray. They seem to look upon the new relations between Harvard and the Annex as an accomplished end rather than as a first step towards an end. They see something which is unsatisfactory and they reason that therefore it is wrong. Unless we are very much...
...News Publishing Co. has just made its third annual offer of the following prizes for the best graduating theses presented by students from any engineering course of any college in the United States or Canada: First prize, $75; second prize, $50; third prize, $25. For such other theses as seem to the judges to deserve such recognition, honorable mention, accompanied in each case by a two years' paid subscription to the Engineering News, will be given. This competition is of course only open to men in graduating classes...