Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Graduate Club. Address. The Discovery of America. Mr. John Fiske. Union Club Rooms...
...with all our courses in English we have none which treat of English orators and statesmen, - of Pitt, Burke, Bright and Fox in England; Webster, Phillips, Clay and Calhoun in America. Such a course seems to us to be one well worth considering, for it would be interesting to many students in English literature and, moreover, there are doubtless students to whom it would be an advantageous and necessary training. A half course would answer the purpose, its aim being the study of the speeches of English and American orators and statesmen, their construction and effectiveness; a comparison...
...expression of the personal interest and feeling of the giver. Professor Peabody described at length the methods pursued in the city of Liverpool and in Germany. It was his opinion that a system similar to the German might be introduced in some of the larger towns of America. The city is divided into a number of sections and visitors are appointed to each of these. Their duty is to attend to all the cases of distress which arise in their district, If the number becomes two large, they are allowed to call in an assistant. This service is considered honorable...
...study which found its fruition in the 15th century. Had Carthage triumphed over Rome we might sooner have known the secrets of the Atlantic, but after all it is to the descendants of the Romans, Columbus, Vespucsi Verrizaro and John Cabot that we are indebted for the discovery of America...
Prof. Churchill of Andover then read Lowell's poem on Columbus, after which all joined in singing America...