Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...with this work and participation in it. He has studied the problem which they are endeavoring to solve in England and on the continent, and he has doubtless formed some interesting opinions on the methods which are being pursued. It is a subject in which every college man in America should be interested, and the more so from the fact that we are beginning what is a very similar work in this country...
...lecture is open to all members of the University, and forms the first of a series which promises to be most interesting. Professor James is one of our most entertaining and instructive lecturers on any subject, and on his special topic of psychology he has no equal in America. The college should take full advantage of the opportunity now given to hear...
...Poet Lenau's Voyage to America" is an exceedingly interesting account of this Austrian poet, almost unknown in this country. Born in Hungary, he entered the University of Vienna, where he stood well in his studies, but was not inclined towards any one of them. In later years a restless desire for new scenery drove him to America, where he hoped to find his Elysium. How he found it, and his impression of this country, is well shown in his letters home, where he describes, in terms that would be rather humorous were there not a grain of truth...
...Harvard man, who has had relations-pleasant or otherwise-with any of the large women's colleges in America, Smith, Wellesley, or Vassar, or who takes an interest in collegiate education for women, will enjoy an illustrated article entitled "Women at an English University," in which Newnham College is described, and the daily life, plan of work, exercise, etc., mentioned in detail. The author of the article, Miss Field, is more or less of an enthusiast on the subject of college education for women and the result is that her descriptions are vivid in the extreme...
...England Magazine for June is an article on "Harvard Memorial Poems" which cannot fail to interest Harvard men. Facsimiles from manuscripts prepared by the authors for this purpose are published of the poems, "Harvard's Dead" by Rev. S. F. Smith, the author of "America,"- the second canto of James Russell Lowell's Ode, recited at the Harvard commemoration, July 21, 1865-and the hymn written by Dr. Holmes for the dedication of Harvard Memorial Hall, June 23, 1874. And there seems to be a special appropriateness in their publication at this Memorial Day season...