Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...large number of gifts have been received by the Museum during the past year, and the acquisitions by purchase have been extensive. During Professor Lyon's stay of five months in Palestine, Syria and Egypt, he bought a great variety of objects illustrating both ancient and modern life in the Orient. The Palestinian and Egyptian exhibition is further supplemented by a collection of about five hundred photographs, taken during Professor Lyon's recent trip...
...views abounded in a wealth of color, showing not only a large number of scenes from the canon itself but also many portions of the neighboring country. Among the other subjects shown were the ancient cliff dwellings, petrified forests, and settlements of the Navajo and Moqui Inbians who live not far from the canon...
...Parness," by L. M. Crosbie '04, presents a strong incident simply told, while "Her Kings," by V. Van M. Beede '04, contains rather too much French to be thoroughly enjoyable. "Our Contemporary Poets," by Ernest Bernbaum '03, is a carefully constructed piece of work. On the three poems, "Our Ancient Mother," by John Russell Hayes '89. "Prayer of a Modern Spine ," by C. J. Campbell '03, and "The by H. W. Holmes '05, the one is above the usual Monthly standard editorial on football songs and cheers and a book review, complete the number...
About twenty members of the recent International Congress of Americanists will be entertained in Cambridge today by Professor Putnam. This party which represents about ten nationalities have since the recent meeting in New York visited Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg, Fort Ancient, Ohio, Cincinnati and Chicago, where the archaeological and ethnological institutions have been inspected...
...regular work of courses may be offered, with the consent of the instructor, or, subject to such consent, may be written for the prize competition. For graduates a prize of three hundred dollars is offered for an essay of high literary merit, on a subject within the range of ancient and modern languages, literature and the fine arts. This essay must be written by a holder of an academic degree who has been in residence in the Graduate School for one full year within the period 1900-03. In 1903-04, the prize above described for graduates will be offered...