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...careful reading of the communication will show the utter lack of facts by which such charges ought to be sustained. In the first place complaint is made because the sittings were given hurriedly. It will be remembered that by the contract all sittings were to be finished by the first of March. Notices to this effect frequently appeared in this paper long before the above date. Personal appeals were made for early sitting; appointments were made by members of the committee and by the photographer; and appointments for sittings were given both at the Cambridge studio and at the Boston...
...communication are not included in the class work, and with them the senior class photographer has no official connection. The charge that Mr. Notman sub-lets the work is ridiculously untrue, as we have been informed on reliable authority. We suppose, however, that the committee can easily show the untruth of these alleged "desires for economy." We wish to repeat that the senior class has elected Mr. Notman photographer, and that they ought to do all they can to make the pictures a success, and to assist the committee in its work, and not to thwart and discourage the committee...
...book are the plates, which are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, the author's famous horse, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge. Of these the author says in his preface, "their origin lay in the bebelief that a fine gaited horse could be instantaneously photographed, and still show the agreeable action which all horse-lovers admire, and have been habituated to see drawn by artists, instead of the ungainly positions usually resulting from the instantaneous process." This object has been gained, so far at least as arrested motion can convey the idea of motion. There are fourteen of these...
...more he can understand situations that, although irksome, may yet be necessary and unavoidable? Many college educated men take up mercantile careers and are disgusted to find that they are expected to do work only fit for boys of fourteen or fifteen years of age, and unfortunately they show their disgust by assuming airs superior to their situations, by leaving before they have given business a fair trial, and by condemning as impossible careers that are simply misunderstood by their inexperienced and unsettled minds. Naturally, practical business men of a limited education, but early business training, are unwilling to take...
...order to show how this order system has grown, the following figures have been gathered through the courtesy of the Auditor. This table shows the average amount spent by each man per week for extras...