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The Vagabond returns from vainly trying to incite a revolution in Nicaragua to find those greatest of academic blasphemies, the examinations, apparently over. The r. p. m. of Nicaragua is not what it used to be. He returns from gun-running in the face of the marines to a quiet corner in Sever 11 and the drone of the immemorial past. It was, however, too late to break into print on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Professor Whitehead last Saturday. To one to whom time conceptions are merely mental gymnastics, age a philosophical paradox, it is almost impertinent to offer congratulations. A certain kind of homage is perhaps more appropriate to one who undoubtedly is one of the greatest twentieth century thinkers and teachers. Yet, universities seem always to assume the right to boast of the men who make them great.... Lectures of interest for today and tomorrow follow.
TODAY
10 o'clock
"The Zollverein and other Germanic attempts at unity before 1840," Professor Fay, Germanic Museum.
11 o'clock
"Shakespeare as a poet," Professor Elton, Sever 11.
"Tendencies in industrial organization," Professor Ripley, Emerson D.
"Greek Drama," Professor Murray, Harvard 2.
TOMORROW
9 o'clock
"The Taxation of Governmental Agencies," Professor Yeomans, Harvard 2.
11 o'clock
"Italian Romanesque Architecture," Professor Edgell, Fogg Large Lecture Room.
"Milton's Latin Poems," Professor Rollins, Emerson A.
"Saving the Union Again, 1850," Mr. Beck, New Lecture Hall.
12 o'clock
"Chopin," Professor Hill, Music Building.
"Italo Gothic Painting in Spain," Professor Post, Fogg Small Lecture Room.
"Rise of Common Carriers," Professor Usher, Widener U.
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