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...illustrated lecture in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock by the Hon. Arthur K. Peck. Mr. Peck is a traveller of note in both Europe and America and has made a desirable reputation as a lecture on places of interest in the western parts of the United States. Among his experiences, as special correspondent of the Boston Herald, which he will describe this evening, are a tour into the Yosemite Valley, the mountain home of the waterfall and cascade; a stage trip through the large forests; a horse-back ride up Pike's Peak...
...second crew part of the way. The crew covered the 3 and 3-8 miles course from the Boylston street bridge to the boathouse of the Union Boat Club in 17 minutes and 25 seconds--within 5 seconds of the record. A strong tide favored the crew, and at Western avenue swept the boat so close to the bridge that the oars on the starboard side struck it, forcing the men to lose several strokes...
...inclusive. Members of the Harvard camera club, who wish to submit photographs, should hand them in to T. W. Sears, 22 Prescott street, before 6 o'clock, next Wednesday. Out of the pictures submitted the best 50 will be chosen for the exhibition. The University of Pennsylvania and three western universities will also exhibit 50 photographs each...
...Hall pointed out that his subject was one which would have caused laughter in a university audience only a few years ago, as until recently western peoples considered Christianity to be the only religion and that non-religion and irreligion alone stood opposed to it. Happily Christians now see that Asia, not Israel whence Christianity sprung, is the mother of religions and that there are other vital faiths besides their own. The East has clung to the pantheistic and polytheistic of these beliefs, but the West has developed monotheism of which Christianity is the highest form...
...instinctive. As Matthew Arnold says, "Worship of machinery supplants reverence for God. The East, on the other hand, is mastered by the conviction of the unreality of the world. All things, all persons, are but shadows to the oriental mind. An atmosphere of mystery enshrouds the universe. The Western man seeks the truth outside himself, through researches of science. The Easterner tries to find the truth within himself by thought and meditation...