Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This evening at 8 o'clock Mr. C. J. Bonaparte '71, of Baltimore will speak on "The Movement for Honest Government." Mr. Bonaparte is one of the leading reformers in the country. He is chairman of the Executive Council of the National Civil Service Reform League and chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Municipal League...
...term "graduates of the first degree" includes Bachelors of Arts, Civil Law, Laws, Divinity, Fine Arts, Music and Philosophy (the first Scientific degree) and Doctors of Medicine; "higher degrees in course" include Masters of Arts, Forestry, Law and Science, Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers and Doctors of Philosophy and of Civil...
...work will consist of courses in plane, geodetic, and railroad surveying, all of which are prescribed for civil and mining engineers; but all three may be elected by any student who has been a resident of the College for one year, without any extra charge for tuition. Students from outside colleges will be admitted to the courses only on payment of a small tuition fee. The time will be divided as follows: plane surveying for the first six weeks; geodetic surveying, with night work, for the next two; and railroad surveying for the last three weeks...
...meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday, it was voted that Economics and Civil Government be added to the list of elementary subjects that may be offered for admission to the Lawrence Scientific School, each subject to count for one point. Candidates presenting Economics should show a knowledge of the leading facts and principles of political economy. In addition to the study of principles, a fair knowledge of elementary banking operations and of the banking and monetary history of the United States since 1860 will be required. The examinations in Government will call both for the application...
Both the prose and poetry in the last number of the Advocate are unusually good. "Over the Border," a story of the Civil War, by Ralph W. Page, contains rapid and vivid narrative and clear character drawing. The rather recklessly free handling of historical characters may be passed over unnoticed in the general interest of the story. "Told in the Telling," by Ezra Kidd, and "The Hunting Song," by L. B. Cummings, are also interesting...