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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Eliot, Dr. Hugh Cabot '94 and Dr. Edward H. Nichols '86 will address a mass meeting of the Medical School, in the Amphitheatre Building Friday evening. Dr. Cabot and Dr. Nichols will tell of their experience with the Harvard Surgical Unit during its service in France. Dr. Cabot had charge of the work during the last year and Dr. Nichols was in charge at its inception. The meeting is intended as a tribute to the members of the Harvard School engaged in war service...
...These messages tell the story of the deep regard in which the scientific world held Professor Pickering. He was reckoned among the giants, but also he was possessed of the rare traits of courtesy, gentleness, kindness, and patience. Peristent to a marked degree, when convinced that he was right, he never failed to listen with careful attention to the views of others. Inspired with unbounded faith and enthusiasm in the work he was doing, he was always ready to change instantly any plan or belief, if convinced of its error. He was optimistic, trustful, and appreciative, of boundless energy...
...grounding and of the good we might have had from a given study the phrase that comes to us is "If I had only known!" If we had only known what fine things lay ahead how much better would have been our beginning. And yet how were we to tell? How were we to know when we started our beginners' Latin or Greek, studying the dullest sort of composition, of the glories of classic thought and poetry. This purposeless choice and following of our elementary courses can account for more wasted time than any one factor in our academic training...
Mayor Peters' talk is on the subject of "Reconstruction," with special attention to social welfare problems arising out of reconstruction work. Mr. Ernst will tell of some of the difficulties which new volunteer workers must expect to meet, and McLeod, the undergraduate speaker, will describe his experiences in rehabilitation work for discharged soldiers...
Professor A. E. Kennelly, S.D, A.M., who has just returned from England and France where he has been engaged in government engineering work, will speak in Sever 11 Monday evening at 8 o'clock. He will tell of some of his experiences and observations made while abroad...