Word: americanisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Boston Post for some time, and later became editor of that paper. From 1894 to 1898 he was editor-in-chief of Harper's Weekly. Since 1902 he has been professor of political science at Williams College, and is a member of the Civil Service Reform League, the American Institute of Arts and Letters, and several other similar organizations. The best known of his books on economic questions are "Our Unjust Tariff Law" and "The Money We Need...
...Junior class dinner will be held in the American House, Boston, Tuesday, May 1, at 6.30 o'clock. All tickets previously purchased will be accepted. Those who have not yet got tickets may obtain them at Leavitt & Peirce's, at the Union, and from members of the Dinner Committee...
...Chemistry; S. G. Morley p.'99, Romance Languages; M. Mower, Fine Arts; H. D. Murphy, Drawing from the Life; C. Peabody p.'90, European Archaeology; A. S. Pease '02, Greek and Latin; A. Pope '01, Fine Arts; D. C. Rogers p.'02, Social Ethics; A. M. Tozzer '00, Central American Archaeology; H. B. Warren, Freehand Drawing...
...American Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee, at its final meeting held in New York on April 14, made a few changes in the wording of the rules, provided the penalty of 15 yards for a substitute who does not report to the referee on entering the game, arranged for the insertion of about 30 pictures in the new rules, and adjourned indefinitely after passing a vote of thanks to the proprietors of the Murray Hill Hotel for their considerate hospitality to the committee. A preamble is being prepared for the rules, but will not be given out until later. The important...
Professor Richards has revised the atomic weights of a dozen of the elements, and is one of the leading authorities on the subject. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and several other scientific societies. He is also a member of the International Committee on Weights, and is an adviser to the Carnegie Institution...