Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Prizes of $1000 and $400 have been established at Columbia for the best works published in the English language upon the history, archaeology, geography, ethnology, philosophy or numismatics of North America...
...this winter's events on the ice, with short descriptions of many of the first-class ice yachts and a discussion of some technical points. To the average reader, it is uninteresting. The best articles in the number are "Ski Running," "Roping Elk in the Rockies." and "Through Darkest America." The first of these is an interesting article on "ski running" and racing in Norway; "Roping, Elk in the Rockies" is a description of the lassoeing of a big elk and makes very interesting reading. "Through Darkest America" is an account of a canoe trip through the wilds of Canada...
With the reign of Elizabeth there came a time of sound government when men had leisure to look around them. England was then taking an active part in the affairs of the world. The reformation was bringing before men's minds new and glorious thoughts of freedom. Above all, America was being explored and settled. It was a new country. People felt that antiquity had not exhausted everything, but that here were new fields for investigation opened to them. It was a time of great and general animation such as was very favorable to poetry...
...Cornell we quote the following, taken from "The possibility of an international race this year has made the hearts of Cornellians beat high with hope and has drawn more than usual attention from the outside world to the Cornell crew. If Oxford or Cambridge send an eight to America in seems hardly possible that the championship can be decided without considering the Western claimant for the honor. A rumor is indeed current that neither Oxford nor Cambridge will row Harvard or Yale until one of the latter has defeated Cornell...
...order alone is despotism, and liberty independence is anarchy, unless combined with order. There is no independence, all men are dependent on one another, and the closer the bond the better men they are. The aim of our Revolution was to combine the various elements that had settled America's shores, from the Puritans in Massachusetts to the Huguenots in Carolina. The Rebellion made the negro our brother...