Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...members of the Oriental Society of America and of the Modern Language Association of America will be present. Mrs. Whitney will attend, and the addresses will touch upon the leading features of the late professor's work...
...public do not want the course shortened. - (a) England has found it unsatisfactory. - (1) At Oxford the greater number graduate in four years; Minority Report p. 7. - (b) It has not been popular in America. - (1), Johns Hopkins has not made a success of it: S. M. Macvane, Harv. Mo., XII, 3, (Mar., 1891). - (2) Almost all our new colleges have adopted the four years plan: Ibid...
...depends on what it is endowed with. If endowed with talent, it would succeed in Boston as well as anywhere else. The question is often asked, why can not we have a theatre like the Comedie Francaise. France is Paris, Germany is Berlin, England is London. America on the other hand, is made up of a number of metropolises. Where would the national theatre be? New York would claim by right of her size, Boston would claim because she is the home of culture and refinement, Washington would claim it as the capital city of America. However there...
...that civil service reform tends to lessen the President's power of putting into office men who will support him for re-election. He showed that the depression in business usually advanced as an argument against frequent elections, was greatly exaggerated and that business is more stable in America during these periods than in England during its elections. By the lengthening of the Presidents term he would become more dependent on Congress and less responsible to the people. Therefore he would be more likely to suffer impeachment at the hands of congress. Richardson closed by showing that in rendering...
...said that Leighman, the Oxford coach, intends coming to America in the early summer to attend the intercollegiate races...