Word: delphi
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meeting was held last night in 17 Grays of the college committee which has in charge the college contribution to the fund for the excavation of Delphi. Various measures for canvassing the college were discussed, and a general plan of procedure was adopted. The following names were added to the committee: N. Hapgood, R. C. Harrison, '90, C. Schurtz, '93, and C. Peabody, Gr. Tomorrow the CRIMSON will publish a more detailed statement of the plan for the excavation of Delphi, and of the position in which Harvard stands in the matter...
...invitation of Dr. M. H. Morgan of the classical department a meeting of undergraduates was held in U. 5 last evening for the purpose of discussing informally whether Harvard should contribute to the fund for the excavation of Delphi. Dr. Morgan and Dr. Tarbell both talked for a few minutes, and explained the character of the work to be done at Delphi, and the plan of raising the needed funds. The matter was then discussed and it was decided that the best way to find out the sentiment of the university was to call a mass meeting to be addressed...
...Classical club intends to assist in the raising of money for the Delphi appropriation fund by the appointment of a committee to canvas the college for subscriptions. Dr. M. H. Morgan is chairman of the committee which hopes to outdo the recent subscription of $500 from Princeton and of $300 from Cornell...
Professor Wright of the Greek department delivered a very interesting lecture on Homer to an audience of 250 yesterday afternoon in Sever 11. Professor Wright commenced with a glowing description of Delphi, the Meeca of the Greeks, its temple and trophies. The temple now stands in wins but the literature of the Greeks remains to tell us of their world of thought, a world in which Homer is a mighty force...
When the project of the excavation of the ancient site of Delphi first came before the college an active interest seemed to be taken in the matter both by the undergraduates and instructors. Professor Norton addressed a large and enthusiastic audience in Sever on the subject, and at that time there seemed no doubt, judging from the feeling of the college at large, that Harvard would bear her share in the efforts to unearth the site of the famous temple, the shrine at which the ancient world worshiped. The central interest of the Delphic temple has been so closely connected...