Word: americas
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...nineteenth annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, held in Cambridge on December 26, 27 and 28, was opened on the afternoon of the 26 by President Eliot's address of welcome. Among the six papers that followed was that of Dr. J. A. Walz entitled, "Three Swabian Journalists and the American Revolution." Professor G. H. Grandgent spoke on "Cato and Elijah." At an extra session in the evening, Professor E. S. Sheldon, president of the association, delivered the presidential address on the subject, "Practical Philology." On Friday Dr. W. H. Schofield and Mr. P. C. Hoyt read...
...oldest and largest of these, the Modern Language Association of America, will hold its nineteenth annual meeting in Cambridge on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 26, 27, 28. The headquarters of non resident members will be the Hotel Berkeley, Boston. A few men, however, will be accommodated at the Union and the Colonial Club. The privileges of both clubs have been extended to members of the Association for the time of meeting...
...Archaeological Institute of America will hold a general meeting on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 26, 27, and 28, at Columbia University, New York. The Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis will also meet at Columbia University on Friday and Saturday. A joint meeting of the two associations will be held on Friday afternoon. Addresses will be delivered by Harvard representatives as follows: Dr. George H. Chase, "Some Terra-Cotta Types from the Heraeum"; Dr. Edmund von Mach, "The draped female figures from the Acropolis of Athens: an attempt at classification"; Professor John H. Wright, "Some Aspects of the Work...
...Geological Society of America will hold its fourteenth winter meeting from Tuesday, December 31, to Thursday, January 2, inclusive, at Rochester, N. Y. Professor W. M. Davis will read two papers at this meeting, the first on "The Walls of the Colorado Canyon," and the second on "The Effect of the Shore Line on Waves." Mr. C. R. Eastman will address the meeting on the subject, "The Devonian Fish-fauna of Iowa...
...Pierian Sodality will give a concert at the Union tonight at 7.15. After the concert there will probably be a reception for Mr. Jacob A. Riis. The programme for the concert is as follows: 1. America. 2. Overture--Pique Dame, Suppe 3. Selection from "Florodora," Stuart 4. Land Sighting, Gireg Baritone Solo by H. M. Boylston '03. 5. Invitation a la Gavotte, Waldteufel 6. "The Shade of the Palm," Stuart 7. Selections from "King Dodo," Luders 8. Soldiers' Chorus from "Faust," Gounod 9. Fair Harvard...