Word: americas
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...specified, it is simply to be said that they are English. To stamp a word or a phrase as an Americanism, it is necessary to show that (1) it is of so called "American" origin,-that is that it first came into use in the United States of North America; or that (2) it has been adopted in those States from some language other than English, or has been kept in use there while it has wholly passed out of use in England...
...evolution of foot-ball in America can be easily traced. Many years ago the game was played in our colleges without any established rule, and was used as a means by which freshmen could be roughly hazed. In those days there were many accidents, and in the course of time the game came, very properly, under the ban of college authority. Afterward an attempt was made to introduce the game as played in English schools, and today it is established as firmly as base-ball in many colleges, where it is played for its own sake, and is no longer...
...pleasant to learn of the continued success of the American School ol of Classical Studies at Athens, in the foundation of which Harvard took so prominent a part. Any such contribution to disinterested scholarship and investigation on the part of America cannot but redound to the credit of the whole nation as well as the promoters of the enterprise...
...Matthew Arnold says that the future of America and its institutions depends on the work performed by the colleges...
...interesting one and quite favorable to the future success of the school. The work of the six students present during the past year has been characterized by industry and a true desire to make the best of their opportunities. The school will be a great aid to scholars from America, who may in future visit Greece, and its work will not be limited to that done within its walls, so to speak. Its library now contains a complete set of the Greek classics and a large number of works of reference for the study of archaeology and philology in Athens...