Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Lecture. Municipal Art; and our opportunity in America. Mr. E. H. Blashfield. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...Municipal Art; and our opportunity in America...
...comparison of the constitutions of America and Great Britan, he expressed great admiration for the former because of the protection which it afforded to the property holder. Parliament has the power to deprive a man of his property and there is no appeal; but in America such is not the case, since, if ever property be taken in consideration of the public good, the owner is fully recompensed. The American constitution developes lawyers of a higher standard because it enables them to take advantage of any defect which they may find in the law, a privilege which is denied...
John Fiske began his remarks by speaking of the revelation which Francis Parkman's works bring to one who has been accustomed to giving American history little importance compared with ancient and mediaval history. America has its classic events and classic places which need but a magician's touch to give them the fascination of romance. Parkman's style was distinctively picturesque as well as true to life. This latter quality was gained by a most painstaking study of all places and people of whom he wrote. Of the Indian character he gained an intelligent idea by long contact with...
...second number of the Graduates' Magazine for the present college year appears today and, as usual, contains much of interest to undergraduate students as well as to the alumni. For example, the opening article by S. F. Smith '29, "Recollections by the Author of 'America'," gives an account of the Harvard life of sixty-five years ago, with its many amusing differences from that of today; and there can be no doubt that such an account is more interesting to men now in college than to those who were familiar with the scenes it describes...