Word: american
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...important handbook for all persons interested in advanced courses in American universities recently appeared under the title of "Graduate Courses for 1896-97." The publication is authorized by the Federation of Graduate Clubs, and is edited by a corps of twenty-four graduate students, under the direction of C. A. Duniway of the Graduate School. The plan of the Handbook is to present full lists of courses for graduate students to be offered in 1896-97 by twenty-four of the leading universities and colleges...
Best references: Brice I, ch. 15 and 16. Bagehot's English Constitution, ch. 1 and 2. Woodrow Wilson Congressional Government, ch. 5. Wilson in Overland Monthly III, p. 17, 1884, Story S869-S872. Annals of American Academy of Pol. Science, II, p. 289. Atlantic Monthly...
Yale has a new symphony orchestra, the first organized in an American university. It is backed by the faculty with an appropriation of $1,500, and is intended to be a permanent organization...
OUTING for November is a very strong number. Walter Camp, in "Football of '96," gives a masterly review of the situation, along with a forecast of the season. W. B. Curtis contributes an article on "American Amateur Athletes in 1896," which contains portraits, descriptions and performances of the famous men of the year. "Prominent Trotters and Pacers," by E. B. Abercrombie, with portraits of the reigning equine monarchs, is valuable, while "A Gossip on Golf," by Horace G. Hutchinson, author of the Badminton "Golf," will appeal to enthusiasts in the popular sport. The complete story is "The Story...
...Russell and Son, publishers, have just issued an attractive volume for those interested in posters called 'Posters in Miniature." It contains over two hundred and fifty reproductions of the most celebrated posters, French, English and American, giveing special attention to the American poster and its artists, together with several portraits of well known poster designers, such as Cheret, Grasset and Beardsley. There is an introduction and titlepage by Edward Penfield...