Word: americanisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Second place in the Magazine is given to an unsigned biographical sketch of the late Wendell Phillips Garrison, who was editor of the Nation from 1865 to 1906. The high service to American letters which the Nation has performed since its establishment, is shown to have been due in large measure to Mr. Garrison's scrupulous fidelity, his success in enlisting the friendly co-operation of a large and able staff of contributors, and his constant striving toward literary perfection in form and substance...
...Senior Dinner will be held next Monday, June 24, at the American House, Boston, at 7 o'clock. The following committee is in charge of the arrangements: N. C. Nash, Jr., chairman, A. S. Locke, J. H. Breck, P. H. Daggett, G. J. Hirsch, D. L. Pickman, R. H. Wiswall. Free tickets will be distributed this week...
...Symphony Hall this evening: 1. March, "Cruiser Harvard," Strube 2. Overture, "Semiramide," Rossini 3. Selection, "Yankee Consul," Robyn 4. Introduction, Act III, "Lohengrin," Wagner 5. Overture, "Sphinx," Thompson '92 6. Waltz, "Estudiantiana," Waldteufel 7. Suite, "A Day in Venice," Nevin 8. Selection, "It Happened in Nordland," Herbert 9. American Fantasy, Herbert 10. Waltz, "Jolly Fellows," Vollstedt 11. "Fair Harvard," 12. March, "Up the Street," Morse...
...excellent opportunity for students desiring to pursue archaeological research in America is offered by the American Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America for the coming summer. An expedition under the personal direction of Mr. E. L. Hewett will leave Bluff, Utah, on July 1 for an exploring trip through the region of the ancient pueblos and cliff houses. Another expedition will start from Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 15 to explore certain ruins in New Mexico. Students desiring to join one or both of these expeditions will be accepted as volunteer assistants and will be expected to provide...
...growing influence of the modern university depends on the efficiency of the men it produces and puts into the work of the world, said President Eliot. The past 40 years have seen some notable changes in the educational system of the American schools. The changes extend to all grades and divisions of the school work, and they have resulted in the broadening and deepening of that work to a remarkable degree. First among these developments has been the steady tendency to increase the period of residence at the University. We are now planning a new business course at Harvard which...