Word: americas
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...reflection upon the Scots in the first impression of "Eastward Ho." resulted in the arrest of its three authors. The comedy was then modified and under the title of an "Alderman no Conjurer" the play was first given in its present form at Dorset Gardens 1685. Frequent references to America and a detailed description of Virginia, as it was then thought of in England, give the dialogue unusual local interest. In movement "Eastward Ho" is a comedy of manners though its dialogue is informed with the keen wit and subtle humor of which these three Elizabethan poets were masters...
...meeting of the Executive Committee of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, held in New York Saturday morning, it was decided to hold, the annual intercollegiate track games in New York on May 29 and 30. F. B. Ellis was elected manager of the games and J. E. Sullivan referee. Those present at the meeting were: C. L. Du Val of Yale; F. L. Wright of Princeton; J. C. Gilpin and F. B. Ellis of Pennsylvania; E. Stauffen of Columbia; R. Berry of Cornell and J. R. Adams of New York University...
Professor Paul Shorey of the University of Chicago will give a lecture before the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. His subject will be "Realism and Idealism in Greek Literature and Art." The Lecture will be given at Association Hall in Boston. An invitation to attend is extended to all students in the University...
...Freshman Debating Club. Debate. Assembly Room of Union, 7.30 p. m. Question: "Resolved, That commercial reciprocity between the United States and South America is desirable." Principal Disputants. -- Affirmative: Wood's camp; negative; Kabatchnick's camp...
...auspices of which the lecture by Commander Peary was given last Friday evening, and the object of which is "the promotion of intelligent travel and exploration, especially by Harvard men," will hold three more meetings this spring. On March 27, Mr. A. Hamilton Rice, '98, will speak on "Equatorial America," describing his journey over the Andes and down the Amazon; this meeting will be open to members of the club and invited guests. On May 1, a lecture will probably be given by Professor I. C. Russell, lately of the U. S. Geological Survey, now of the University of Michigan...