Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sevench annual convention of the Modern Language Association of America was held at Harvard during the recess, and was attended by delegates from all parts of the United States. The first session on Thursday, December 26, was opened by the president, James Russell Lowell, who introduced the first speaker of the evening, President Eliot. Mr. Eliot, after welcoming the members of the association to Harvard, went on to compare the instruction given in modern languages in college now and in former times. He said that the Smith professorship, founded in 1816, was the first professorship of modern languages...