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...Sanders Theatre last night before a large audience. The subject was Kant. The many-sidedness of Kant's thought, the lecturer said, has in the first place made the difficulty of completely understanding him so enormous that the reading of the "Critique of Pure Reason" has become a sort of liberal profession in Germany. The age in which Kant lived was ripe for the "Critique" In twenty-five years it so thoroughly won over to metaphysics a nation previously little given to philosophy that Heine said; "God has given France the land, England the sea, but to Germany...
...sort of temporary substitute for a great library reading room the History department have obtained leave to use Harvard 3 in which to establish a working library for students of History. This kind of a library is very necessary; we are glad to find that something is to be done to enable a student to get even a little idea of the literature of the subject on which he is at work. As things are now, a class of over one hundred men is often referred to a book of which there is only one copy obtainable-the result...
...urgent need has long been felt in college for some sort of course on the study of the Bible from the layman's point of view. This need the college authorities have tried to meet in the course of lectures on Bible study which begins tonight. In the twelve lectures offered the best known instructors in the various departments will speak of the Bible from their several standpoints A more interesting method of treating the subject could hardly be devised, and the instructors and students who have arranged this course should receive the active support of every man in college...
...large room on the lower floor of Harvard is about to be fitted up as a reading room for students in the historical department. The Evans library will be placed there. It is intended to make the room a sort of headquarters of the historical department...
...drop some men on account of irregular work, and the rest should realize that their only chance of winning the class championship lies in hard, systematic work. The men must not feel sure of the championship because of the good showing so far, for this is just the sort of over-confidence to lose them whatever advantage they now possess...