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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...light a female head, the torso of a draped statue of a woman, and a tombstone very beautifully inscribed. The good workmanship exhibited by this gravestone, the admirable style of the bas-reliefs, the ancient manner of spelling exemplified in the inscription, makes it probable that these works belong to the period between the fourth century before and the second century after Christ. The three bas-reliefs mentioned above are interesting to the archaeologists. The first of these contains three figures, two standing and one sitting. They represent the scene of parting so familiar and appropriate to Athenian tombs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excavations of the American School at Athens. | 3/27/1888 | See Source »

...Franke and Mr. Cohn belong to the armies of their respective countries, and have already received orders to join their regiments in case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/22/1888 | See Source »

...answer to the question "Why has Harvard so poor a reputation in the country at large," President Eliot said that, in his opinion, it was largely owing to religious grounds. Forty years ago Harvard was a sectarian college belonging to the Unitarians, who were then greatly disliked by other denominations. Although Harvard is no longer sectarian, religious hatred still makes men ready to believe anything bad which may be said of it, while they refuse to credit any representations to the contrary. Then, too, we have more rich men's son's here than any other college possesses, and rich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Reputation. | 1/26/1888 | See Source »

...knight attempt to benefit those laborers only who belong to their order, not to elevate labor in general.- Nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 12/3/1887 | See Source »

...costs $150 per year to belong to the Harvard Co-operative Society. The organization has been in existence five years, has a store of its own, and last year did a business amounting to $37,000. Why shouldn't we have one?- Princetonian. No wonder that out siders have distorted ideas of Harvard extravagance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/15/1887 | See Source »

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