Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with distinction have been announced. The first of these is a degree in Classics and Philosophy, requiring eight courses, of which five are to be in the Department of the Classics (both Greek and Latin) and three in the Department of Philosophy, and a thesis on a subject connecting ancient and modern philosophical thought. A special examination of some character will also be required...
...third is in Classics and Economics requiring five courses in the Department of the Classics (both Greek and Latin) and three in the Department of Economics, a thesis connecting ancient and modern theory or history, and a special examination...
...recent publications by the University Press contains many books of interest. Among the first to be mentioned are the William Belden Noble Lectures on "The Spiritual Message of Dante," delivered here last year by Canon Boyd-Carpenter of West-minster Abbey, England. There are included in the volume four ancient portraits of Dante and some notable, quaint reproductions from the illustrations to Lord Vernon's famous "Inferno." Canon Boyd-Carpenter, for twenty-seven years Bishop of Ripon, has long been recognized as a student of Dante, though this is the first book he has ever written on the subject...
...annual report of the Rhodes scholarship trust, which has just been issued, contains a statement giving the young American Rhodes scholars at Oxford credit for filling well an important place in the life and work of the ancient university. There are 175 scholarship holders, about one-fourteenth of the whole student body, a number that offers abundant opportunity for influence on both sides...
...others were received from B. A. G. Fuller '00. A gift of money for the collection of classical antiquities in memory of G. G. Van Rensselaer '96, enabled Dr. Chase to buy a Greek head in the style of Scopas. From Richard Norton '92, a gift of 8 small ancient objects was received...