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...Prospect Union, which is conducted by members of the University, will begin its sixteenth annual session on Monday, October 14. The classes will meet one or two evenings a week until May, and courses will be given in Algebra, Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Chemistry, Economics, Commercial Law, Composition and Geography. With the exception of the special civil service course, and the stenography and typewriting courses, all the instruction is given by students or instructors of the University. In addition to the regular program of classes, there will be occasional lectures by prominent speakers on current topics, with music on Sunday afternoons during...
...such as one would not expect to find in any other of our college periodicals: the Illustrated, then, has its own place. "Summer School Snap-Shots" by Mr. von Kaltenborn will be a revelation to those who have never deliberately pictured to themselves what Harvard is during the summer session. The two cuts showing Memorial and the tennis courts in feminine possession are a little startling. Mr. von Kaltenborn touches an interesting question in mentioning the attitude of the office in the matter of counting summer courses toward a degree. Mr. Mayer describes the laudable and successful steps lately taken...
...delegates to the annual convention of the Nationalk German American Alliance, which has recently been in session in New York City, will visit the University today where they will be the guests of Professor Francks, Professor Munsterbeing and Professor Paul Clemens of Boun. The trip to Cambridge and the inspection of the exhibits in the Germanic Museum which is the centare of Teutonic art in America is a prominent feature of the convention, whose aim is to foster German art and science in the United States and a promote friendly relations between the two countries...
Several Harvard men were enrolled at the regular session of the Bermuda Biological Station which extended last summer from June 21 to August 7. The new station is located on Agar's Island, near the entrance to Hamilton Harbor. This island contains about three acres of land, and has numerous substantial buildings. It was formerly used by the British government for the storage of ammunitions of war, and for the accommodation of the necessary garrison. It has been secured by the Bermuda History Society for the purposes of a public acquarium and a station for biological research...
...exceptional maturity of style and thought which marked much of the writing in the Monthly last session is notably absent from the present issue. Perhaps it is hardly fair to look for it in a first number, but it is clear that hard work as well as experience will be required before the new board can hope to reach the level maintained by Mr. Hagedorn and his associates. The material here presented is by no means bad, but it needs editing. The lay sermon on "College Dilettantism" which opens the number is admirable in tone and content, but could have...