Word: dodo
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Beta Kappa from '89 was held at the Hotel Victoria last evening. The secretary, Mr. Winkler, presided and acted as toast-master. Each new member read a part in answer to a toast. The subjects were as follows: Mr. Ropes, "The Hesperornis, the Apteryx and the Dodo, in their relation to the Myrmecobius and Plato's Doctrine of Ideas." Mr. Shoemaker, "Harvard Oratory, may it ever be what an Adams, an Everett, and a Quincy have made it." Mr. Cabot, "The Transcendental Unity of Aperception." Mr. Warren, "The size and relations of the atom and molecule," Mr. Moore, "The Greek...
...other objection, that "soft" courses are generally selected, we can only oppose the counterbalancing argument that this is not true. When the required work in Greek was abolished at Harvard it was generally expected that the student of Greek would immediately become as rare as the mastodon or the dodo. But the Greek courses are still crowded, their students are more successful and enthusiastic than ever, and the Harvard Greek department is one of the chief glories of the university...