Word: american
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...plates taken with the Draper telescope, and twelve more variables from photographic charts. The distribution of telegraphic announcements of discovery has been continued as in past years. Astronomers are requested to continue to send to their Observatory announcements of this discoveries for transmission to the observatories of Europe and American...
...Thursday being occupied by the team matches, Friday by the qualifying round of the individual championship. This is to be a medal round of 36 holes, best four to qualify for match play on the following day, Saturday, May 7. The team tournament is, as before, open to any American college, though the executive committee exercises supervision over the entry list. Teams are to consist of six men, as last year, and the tournament will again be played over the Ardsley links...
...ordinary young American very few names mean as much as does that of Lincoln. As the Civil War recedes further into the past, Lincoln is gradually rising in the estimation of the people, and the reverence which is felt for his memory is marked by the growing tendency to observe his birthday, as a date worthy of national commemoration. The special service, which is to be held in Appleton Chapel to mark the day, is then sure to appeal to the college...
...current number of the American Historical Review, Professor Edward Channing has a eulogy on the life and work of the late Justin Winsor...
...AMERICAN LITERATURE, by Katherine Lee Bates...