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...mankind, Professor Everett recognized that religion has been man's supreme interest. He saw, too, that the degeneration of this interest has been man's deepest affliction. He deplored equally the isolation of reason from faith, and the isolation of faith from reason. He devoted a life of uncommon power and loftiness to the illumination of religion by the intellect, and to the inspiration of the intellect by the ideals and passions of pure religion...
...Seeger '08, "The Power of Spring" by P. G. Clapp '09, and the irresistibly clever and fascinating Scherzo by G. L. Foote '08. At the same time there was serious thought in the pieces by E. Royce '097 and the trio by R. L. Sweet '08 showed an uncommon power for sustained breadth of phrase. The group of songs showed H. L. Murphy's voice to excellent advantage. The quartets by Brahms and Osgood were well balanced and carefully shaded...
...Liszt pieces were played by B. J. Fitzgerald '08 with uncommon technical finish and grasp of style. Possibly the most satisfactory performance on the program was that of Schumann's Andante and Variations played by G. L. Foote '08 and J. A. Warner '09. It was exquisitely phrased, interpreted with fine appreciation of its varying moods, altogether a performance of real artistic merit. Mr. Clapp especially distinguished himself in the Scherzo by Foote, and in the rousing vitality of his rythm in the Brahms Rhapsodie...
...uncommon example of the apparent lack of co-operation among those arranging entertainments was offered Monday night. In addition to the usual number of rehearsals and committee meetings, there were three lectures open to the public, a free performance of the Cercle Francais plays, and a concert by a famous quartet. It is true that these entertainments appealed to different classes of men; but many must have found it hard to choose between two of them...
There is now on exhibition at the Fogg Museum a collection of Arretine Moulds, with fragments of the ware and casts from them. Arretine ware is a rather uncommon variety of ancient pottery and this collection is unusually interesting as there are practically no more specimens obtainable. The collection is deposited by Mr. James Loeb...