Word: americas
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil is planning the erection of an academy of arts, which will be the first of its kind in South America...
...current number of Outing has a very interesting article on the history of Lacrosse in America...
...were only those who had obtained scholarships in Political Economy, and as the socialists took the greatest interest in that subject, his party embraced the leading socialists of the hall. The party consisted of four Germans, two Russians, two Roumanians, and one representative each from Poland, Switzerland, Greece, and America, and a wild fantastic group they made, both in appearance and in opinions. Their dress was plain, but varied and nondescript, partaking of the striking characteristics of the various nationalities represented. The determined though uneasy air of each man showed plainer than any words the powerful and turbulent forces with...
Measured by the good it does to humanity, this profession stands as high as any. It has no legal status; the educated engineer must compete with ignorant men. But the profession in America is constantly increasing its requirements. Four years are now barely sufficient to cover all the ground necessary. For this reason, a division into a larger number of distinct departments must soon occur...
Canon Farrar's "Sermons and Addresses in America" have been published in book form. The sermon delivered in Appleton Chapel, and the opening address at Johns Hopkins University are included in this volume, and will be particularly interesting to Harvard...