Word: americanisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...connection with the representation of American athletes at the Olympic games, which will be held at Athens from April 22 to May 2, the American Committee in charge of the games has appointed Mr. J. W. Curtiss, of Yale, chairman of a sub-committee to receive contributions to a fund to defray the expenses of the American team. The Olympic Games Committee at Athens, on account of its desire to have America well represented, has contributed $1500 toward the American fund, and the Amateur Athletic Union will probably also contribute toward this fund. Board and lodging will be given...
...SEMINARY OF ECONOMICS. "The Meeting of the American Economic Association at Baltimore," Professor Taussig. University...
...current number of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal contains a paper on "The Physical Aspect of American Football" written by Dr. Edward H. Nichols '86 and Dr. Homer B. Smith '00, the two surgeons who had charge of the Harvard football squad this fall. That article is here reprinted, by courtesy of the Harvard Bulletin, except for a certain portion which is a technical description of the injuries received in the game and the methods and appliances used in treating them; and a list of injuries received while playing football prior to 1905, and a list of injuries received...
...Library has lately received word from the Hon. Bellamy Storer '67, American Ambassador to Austria, that the Austrian Government is to present to the Library a set of the Debates of the Austrian Parliament; those of the House of Representatives extending from 1873 down to the beginning of the present Parliament, and those of the House of Lords from 1891. This set of books will be a valuable companion to the Proceedings of the German Reichsrath, which were received from the German Government early in the fall...
...professor of music at St. Paul's School, Garden City, and in 1894 was appointed professor of music at Yale. In 1902 he received a degree of Doctor of Music from Cambridge University, England. He is the author of much sacred and secular music, including "Hora Novissima," the only American composition ever played at the Chester Festival in England...