Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...called Olympic games in Greece next spring will undoubtedly, if well conducted, advance the already growing interest in international athletics. So far as it may prove feasible for the larger American colleges to be represented at the meeting they will be able to take an active interest in its outcome. We believe, however, that the representation will have to be confined very largely to graduates who will probably be connected with amateur athletic clubs. The time of year is such as to allow very few, if any, men away from college duties...
...American Economic Association will publish very shortly, through Macmillan and Co., two important monographs: (1) Letters of Ricardo to McCulloch, lately discovered, edited and annotated by J. H. Hollander, Ph. D., of John Hopkins University; (2) Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro, by F. L. Hoffman...
...appearance to a stranger of an ancient Greek or Roman city as compared with that of an American modern...
...Cleveland's policy to protect the interests of the United States in her relations with foreign countries.-(a) He protected the American fishermen in the Canadian fisheries controversy: Message to Congress, Speeches and Writings of Grover Cleveland, 501.-(b) He advocated the United States having a controlling interest in the Nicaragua Canal: Cleveland's Message in Public Opinion, XVI, 238.-(c) Since he disclaimed the annexation of Hawaii.-(1) He saved to the United States $5,000,000 a year bounty: Journal of Political Economy...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Indian Reservation System. Mr. K. C. Babcock. University...