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...woman's college has become no longer a sinecure but a position of great responsibility and labor. Because of this very labor and the time necessary for it, the University must feel selfishly glad that dean Briggs will henceforth not have his interests divided. And by the same token, Radcliffe should receive more constant attention from a head solely responsible to Radcliffe. Dean Comstock brings with her a reputation for scholastic soundness and administrative ability. The CRIMSON extends its hearty good wishes for the success of the new president...
...Earl of Derby, his racing partner; the Hon. William Lambton, famed trainer; Colonel James Forbes. Bequests of about $1,000 go to each of 50 of Earl Farquhar's "dear friends in the hope that they will accept them in the spirit I have made them, as the token of my affection, and that they will buy a remembrance of me." Provision is also made for other friends, his stepchildren, his sister's family and his servants...
History shows that movements for ameliorating the state of society have generally drawn their inspiration and first impetus from Youth. And by the same token these movements, on account of the impatience and lack of wisdom of their prime movers, have more often than not fallen on stony ground and come to naught. According to Mr. Rothschild's article in the present issue the Youth of Europe are now prosecuting with vigor such a movement toward renovation of their economic states. Apparently the movement has thus far no coherence beyond a kind of common program which is made up more...
...trial cruise to Cuba, broke the speed record of the shipping world. It had been held by the Mauretania with an average of 27.04 knots for 24 hours. The Leviathan averaged 27.48 knots for the same period and came into port with brooms roped to her masts in token of having swept clean the records...
...with a black box containing a silver and gilt key to the city, in recognition of my service as a golfer on the Walker Cup (earn in England." Thomas Gibbons, challenger for the world's heavyweight boxing-championship: "Mayor Nelson of St. Paul gave me a good luck token before my departure for Shelby, Mont. It was the left hind foot of a buck rabbit shot in a cemetery at midnight under a full moon...