Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor W. W. Goodwin will lecture some time in March on "Excavations on the Site of Ancient Troy"; the last lecture will be given on April 11, by Dr. Horace White, on "Cicero, Clodius and Milo...
...admission." So that the whole question of electives in admission requirements shook itself down to the practical one of "'points,' and combinations of 'points'," which finally produced the system about to go into force. Professor Emerson then discusses most interestingly, in the real body of the article, the ancient and modern language question, the possibility of omitting Greek, and the order in which the languages are at present taught in the schools...
...session, papers will be read dealing with museums and excavations, the afternoon session will be devoted particularly to American archaeology, while papers illustrated by stereopticon views will be read at the evening session. Harvard will be represented by the following papers: "The Hero Physician," Professor W. W. Goodwin; "Ancient Pueblos of the Chace Canon," Professor F. W. Putnam; "On the Weight, Size and Throw of the Discus," sent by Professor John Williams White; "The Composition of Apelles's Calumny," Professor John H. Wright; "Terra Cottas from the Argive Heraeum," Mr. George H. Chase. Among the others who will read papers...
...Yale catalogue for 1899-1900 announces thirty new elective courses open to seniors and juniors. Ten of these are in philosophy, six in mathematics, six in modern languages, three in English, two in Greek, two in ancient history, and one in Assyrian. The complete enrollment in the academic department is as follows: Seniors, 326; juniors, 258; sophomores, 307; freshmen, 336; total, 1227; an increase of two over last year...
...Harvard Anthropological Society. The Ancient Pueblos of New Mexico. Professor F. W. Putnam. Peabody Museum...