Word: americas
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Charles Eliot Norton '46, an endowment fund to yield $1,000 annually has been given by James Loeb '88 to the Archaeological Institute of America, to be used to found a lectureship in archaeology...
...years Lieutenant Gammon has held a commission from the Chinese government. He was with the allied armies during the Boxer uprising and was at the siege of Tien Tain. At that time he was largely influential in bringing relief to the sufferers. After the war Lieutenant Gammon returned to America, where he has delivered many lectures in all parts of the country concerning his experiences in China. The views which will be shown tonight are from photographs taken by himself during his stay in the far east...
Before entering upon the main part of his address, Professor Meyer sketched the growth of scholarship in America, especially at Harvard, from the German standpoint. From a comparatively minor position in scholastic rank one hundred years ago, Harvard has risen to the first place among American institutions and to one of the highest positions among the world's greatest universities...
...Greene will be the Harvard representatives at the inauguration of Ernest Fox Nichols as the tenth president of Dartmouth College. Many of the delegates to the inauguration of President Lowell have accepted invitations and there will be in attendance something over 100 of the head executives of America's leading educational institutions...
This evening in the Stadium Miss Maude Adams and her company will present Schiller's "Joan of Arc" before the largest audience ever gathered together in America to witness a theatrical performance. The unusual interest that has been shown already by the public, and the nature of the production combine to make a remarkable occasion...