Word: americanisms
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...Cambridge, England, and at Yale. He has lectured on this subject in nearly every large city in the world and has written several authoritative books on dietetics. Last June he was given the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth; he is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Health and Efficiency League of America...
...deity, until the coming of missionaries in the early part of the nineteenth century. Up to 1750, each island was a separate monarchy, but in that year one king succeeded in conquering the others, and Hawaii remained one united kingdom until 1895, when a republic was established. The Spanish-American war undoubtedly hastened its annexation to the United States, as a coaling station in the east was a necessity at that time; but eventually the islands would have applied for admittance to the Union on account of the prevailing preference for the United States instead of Japan. The Japanese, however...
...lectures at the University of Virginia, Dr. Eliot will deliver an address before the City Council and the public of Charlottesville on "Government by Commission," on November 13. From here he will go to Cincinnati, Ohio, and on November 16 will address the joint annual meeting of the American Civic Association and the National Municipal League on the subject "The Conservation Movement." Before returning to Cambridge he will go to Hampton, Virginia, to attend a meeting of the friends and promoters of Hampton Institute...
...light fantastic comedy and will be played for the first time on Thursday evening of this week. It will also run on Saturday evening and matinee and during next week. E.B. Sheldon '08, the author of "Salvation Nell," has written a play entitled "The Nigger," the first serious American drama to be played at the New Theatre. The exact date of the first performance of this play is not decided...
...undoubtedly Mr. MacKaye's most distinguished work. Though published in 1908, it has never been performed, and the Dramatic Club, therefore, has the distinction of presenting for the first time a play which is considered by eminent critics here and abroad one of the most significant contributions to American dramatic literature...