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...LL.D. '10, of the Supreme Court of the United States, is chairman of the Commission, and Lawrence Maxwell, lecturer in the law department of the University of Michigan and a prominent lawyer of Cincinnati, is the other member. The commission was created just at the close of the last session of Congress. During the coming summer it will investigate the justness of the proposed increase in the second-class postage rates which is being bitterly fought by the popular magazines...
...morning session the following officers were elected: president, C. W. Eliot '53; vice-presidents, S. D. Brooks, A.M. '04, and A. H. Ward '85; secretary, Professor P. H. Hanus; treasurer, O. B. Oakman '87. To the executive committee, consisting of N. H. Black '96, Miss F. E. Leadbetter, W. B. Snow, and F. V. Thompson, A.M. '07, J. W. Wood, Jr., '98 was elected to succeed A. W. Roberts...
...morning session the topic of discussion was: "Does the Present Trend toward Vocational Education Threaten Liberal Culture?" E. P. Cubberley, professor of Education, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, and Mr. R. A. Woods, A.M. '10, head of the South End House, Boston, read papers on the subject. Professor Cubberley showed that the growth of high schools and state universities in the past decade was due to the fact that the common man wished a broader education for his children than the classical curriculum formerly provided; therefore, agricultural and commercial schools are demanded by popular sentiment. Mr. Woods said the new ideals...
...South End House, Boston, will speak on "Does the Present Trend towards Vocational Education threaten Liberal Culture?" Following this a general discussion will be led by Professor H. W. Holmes; W. B. Snow, of Boston; Miss F. E. Leadbetter, of Boston; and Professor W. A. Neilson p.'96. This session will be open to the public. Teachers and school officers are extended a cordial invitation...
...annual dinner will be served in the Union at 1 o'clock. This will be followed by the second session, at which the morning's subject will be discussed by D. A. Ellis '94, chairman of the Boston School Committee; W. R. Thayer '81, editor of the Graduates' Magazine; and G. S. Smith, president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce...