Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Necropolis of Ancon, said Mr. Dorsey, stands in the midst of a vast rolling plain. The city itself covers about 200 acres. The first mention we find of the existence of such a place is in a book written in 1753 by an explorer and traveller in South America, in which we see that in the centre of Peru there was a town of about 500 inhabitants called Ancon. In 1748 the name Lancon was printed on a map of Peru made in France. This was probably a corruption of La Ancon. Ever since this time there have been frequent...
...remainder of the number is taken up by "Harvard Explorers in Central America," C. P. Bowditch '63, and "Instruction in Physical Geography," W. M. Davis '69. There is also an account of the Latin Play which furnishes the first satisfactory record of that success. The Latin programme is reproduced in full, together with the placard and the ticket used at the performances. A quotation from Professor Greenough's original prologue is given and all the noticeable features of the play are commented on. The article is by H. W. Haynes...
...memorial services in Sanders Theatre yesterday afternoon were opened by the Glee Club, which sang two verses of "America." Major Henry L. Higginson then made a few remarks, dwelling chiefly on the sad fortune of the women who sent husbands, brothers and lovers to the war only to lose them for their country's sake...
...class of 1833. He returned to college as tutor and studied under Stillman the elder, and succeeded to a full professorship fifty years ago. Since then he has had full charge of the department of natural science. He has been honored by Harvard and other colleges in America and by German universities. The department has been placed in the hands of Professor H. S. Williams, who has been associated with Professor Dana for a number of years...
...which will be one of the most important additions ever made to athletic literature. Its purpose will be to show the effects of the game of football on the physical and mental condition of all the men who have played in our colleges since the game was introduced in America...