Word: americanisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Owing to the success of the French lectureships established by Mr. J. H. Hyde '98, of New York, at the University and elsewhere in the United States, Mr. Hyde offered in 1904 to found a similar course at the Sorbonne on American literature and institutions. The University of Paris accepted the offer, with the understanding that the course was to be made permanent if it was successful the first year. Professor Barrett Wendell '77 was the first American lecturer, spending the year 1904-05 at the Sorbonne and other French universities, where he lectured on "American Literature, Manners, Customs...
...lectures on "Present Conditions in Palestine as Illustrating the Bible," in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The material for these lectures was gathered by Professor Lyon during the year 1906-07, which he spent in Jerusalem as Director of the American School for Oriental Study and Research in Palestine...
...Scott is editor of the American Journal of International Law and of the American Case Book Series. He has also edited Fitzgerald's "Omar Khayyam." He is the author of numerous books on law, and in addition has contributed to many legal and educational journals...
...Brush Club will held its annual dinner at the Hotel Westminister on Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. Frank Miles Day of Philadelphia, formerly president of the American Institute of Architects, will be the principal speaker of the evening, and several members of the Faculty will also speak. The dinner will be open only to members of the club, and to invited guests...
...relative efficiency of American and European labor in manufacturing and industries...