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Theodore Roosevelt '80.--Aside from his achievements and wide service in public life, he has done much writing and has been a strong advocate of universal peace. His works include books on historical themes, outdoor life, big game hunting, and a number of magazine articles dealing with these and other subjects ranging even as far as Irish folk-lore. Owing to his diplomatic treatment of the Russian and Japanese delegates to the Portsmouth Peace Conference in 1905, he received the Nobel Peace Prize of $40,000 with which he endowed the Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace...
Very few, whether connected with Harvard or not, realize what extensive additions are made to the fund of human knowledge within our own walls, Important investigations are made here by members of the Faculty, and their results are set forth in a work, privately published, that attracts wide attention. Yet because the name of Harvard is not linked with the work, the prestige of the University is not advanced. Also many investigations are carried on and yield important results, yet to set these results before the public is impossible because of lack of funds. The establishment of the University Press...
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...have devoted their lives to the service of the University, and have brought her fame and honor by the productions of their scholarship. As Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Professor Peabody has contributed much to the development of the science of Social Ethics, and has given his doctrines wide application through the force of his teaching power. To Professor Palmer, beloved and honored by thousands of Harvard graduates and undergraduates, we write a few humble words in appreciation of the scope of his accomplishments and the permanent influence of his work. He combines the qualities of a great teacher...
...organization meeting of an Undergraduates' Economics Society held last evening, Dr. E. E. Day, of the Department of Economics, spoke on the advantages of a society of this sort. He pointed out the wide divergence of opinion on economic question, which a stu- dent necessarily encounters in the University and the consequent necessity for a discussion of these opinions. The society would also aid students in formulating intelligent opinions on current political problems, such as the banking reform and the tariff revision. In closing Dr. Day emphasized the need of hard, conscientious work by every member of the society...