Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...writer and lecturer on social and political reforms. She is president of the Woman's Peace Party, and a prominent suffragist. Among her best known works are "Democracy and Social Ethics," "Newer Ideals of Peace," "The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets," and "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil...
...time the library was estimated to contain over 120,000 volumes, besides 360 manuscripts, several belonging to the twelfth century, and a splendid collection of over 350 incunabula. During the existence of the modern university, not very much attention had been devoted to these ancient collections, but during the past dozen years very much has been done to augment the modern part of the library by the addition of scientific and literary works for practical use in university education, in the development of special collections, and in providing reading-rooms. Several years ago the new librarian, Professor Delannoy, however, devoted...
...past. The events will take place over a period of two days, as the increased number of entries prohibits running off all the races on one day, as has been the custom. Several events have been added. One of these is a pentathlon, modelled after that held at the ancient Olympic games. This will consist of the following contests: running broad jump, throwing the javelin, throwing the discus, 200 meter race and 1500 meter race. Contests will also be held in the running hop, step, and jump, 56-pound hammer-throw and probably a 400-meter hurdle race...
...attention of new students in the University is also called to the permanent collection of early Italian and Flemish paintings in the upper gallery, and to the collection of ancient art in the entrance hall on the ground floor. Many phases of Italian painting of the 14th and 15th centuries are illustrated in first rate examples; and there are important works by such masters as Pintoricchio, Cosimo Tura, Andrea Vanni, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Benozzo Gozzoli, Matteo da Siena and Niccolo da Foligno, names perhaps little known to most undergraduates, but of growing importance to all connoisseurs and lovers...
...washed down from the neighboring hills, but in recent years a small stream has cut its way through the deposits of hundreds of years and has brought to light again the remains of the old towns far below the present surface of the valley. Reading the history of these ancient deposits from the steep sides of the ravine, the scientists have figured that ages ago the place was thickly populated with a prehistoric people. The first ancient village was buried only to be followed by a second and third, each of which was buried in its turn. The remains consist...