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...relation of Francis Parkman to the old and new schools of historical study. Mr. Parkman began his life work when Sparks, Prescott and Bancroft were still on the field. The characteristic of the old school, of which these historians were the most prominent exponents, was the sacrifice of strict historical accuracy in every detail to an elaborate literary finish. Francis Parkman was the forerunner of a school by which historical integrity is regarded as absolutely necessary. He showed that it is possible to combine honesty of citation with good literary style, and his narratives so impressed their own force that...
...before this year these services need no word of comment. To new comers among us it may be interesting to know that the services are held every Thursday during term time through the winter. They are purposely made short and simple in character and are not intended to be strict services of worship, but rather to serve as pleasant breaks in the monotony of the long winter weeks. To carry out this idea there is a great deal of music and a very short address by some well known preacher, whose coming, however, is not announced beforehand. The services...
...rather uncertain condition of the ordinary specials. Only seven hundred and fifty tickets will be sold and each holder of a ticket will be sure of a seat for this is the exact seating capacity of the train. No smoking will be allowed on the four rear cars, and strict order will be maintained as on any regular passenger train. The train will leave at 9 o'clock from the side track at Front street by the Cambridge end of the Harvard Bridge, and will arrive in Springfield before noon. Manager White has been at no title inconvenience in arranging...
...Ninety-four are also earnestly requested not to gather around the tellers' or the chairman's desks. All ballots will be preserved systematically, in case an appeal should be made for a recount. Only those requirements have been adopted which fairness to the class seemed to demand, and strict conformance to the rules will expedite the business in hand, and in the end prove to everybody's good...
...undergraduate rule is voted down at some future meeting of the association Yale will have to abandon her ground. If she does this we shall probably see the teams back on the old basis, now in force at Harvard, of players from any department of the university governed by strict rules on eligibility. The time when all the teams shall be made up on a common standard will be looked for with great interest. In the mean time the matter is settled for the present year and settled apparently to the satisfaction of both universities...