Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most serious difficulty in the way of our reading, or speaking really well, is the fact that we are Anglo-Saxons, or rather, perhaps, Americans. In England there is a standard to which almost every one subscribes. In Scotland and Ireland this is less so, while in America there is almost an entire absence of such a standard, while France, through her Academies, is ahead of all other nations in this particular. If we are so behind, what better place is there to perfect our language and to set a standard than here at our University, where so many opportunities...
...John Fiske gave a most interesting and entertaining address on the discovery of America, tracing the course of events which led finally to the voyages of Columbus and Vespuccius. The lecture was admirably if-lustrated by maps, showing the views about the earth's surface which were held by thinking men from the time of Ptolemy down to the 16th century...
...STETSON, Sec.THE GRADUATE CLUB - The regular monthly meeting will be held tonight at the Union Club Rooms. Mr. John Fiske will address the Club. Subject: The Discovery of America...
Graduate Club. Address. The Discovery of America. Mr. John Fiske. Union Club Rooms...
Professor John Fiske lectured to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in Association Hall, Thursday. His subject was "Spain, France and England in America...