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...Sever 11 yesterday evening Professor Toy spoke on the Development of the Hebrew Religion...
Professor F. W. Taussig spoke informally last night to the members of the Finance Club on the silver question, describing in a very interesting manner the present status of the free coinage controversy. He spoke first of the visit of the committee of Boston business men to Washington. In the House Finance Committee before which the Boston men appeared the free coinage advocates were very aggressive. There was a general feeling that if the bill could be brought before the House it would be stampeded through without difficulty; consequently the silver men on the finance committee were constantly trying...
Besides money, personal work is needed and it is here that the chance for Harvard men comes in. Professor Peabody spoke of the excellent work that was being done by Harvard men among the children by giving them an interest in their reading, and by influencing them in a general way for the better. In this way the parents, too, are led to take an interest in their children's work, and the good influence is spread through the whole home. Mr. Paine and Mr. Birtwell both spoke with gratitude of the help from Harvard, and hoped that it would...
Others who spoke were the Rev. Drs. Phillips Brooks, H. U. '55, and Renen Thomas, and the Rev. C. G. Ames. They emphasized among other things the superiority of the home system over that of institutions, and the need of rescuing the children before they had gone too far and received the corruption and stigma of the prison. They appealed for help not merely on the ground of philanthropy, but also of the economic duty of society and every citizen who had the blessing of a home influence to provide this home influence for those who would otherwise lose...
...hundred members of the New York Harvard Club were present at the twenty-fifth annual dinner in New York Friday night. The dinner was held at Delmonico's. In the absence of President Eliot Professor James Mill Pierce spoke for Harvard University. Dr. Francis Peabody and Dr. John O. Sargent of the class of '30 sent regrets at not being able to be present and the last named sent three odes composed for the occasion. In introducing Dr. Storrs, Toast-master King spoke about Harvard's giving him a degree and said: If Harvard is anything she is cosmopolitan. When...