Word: dutch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second paper of "Reflections after a Wandering Life in Australasia" which is fully as thoughtful and interesting as the first. The rest of the number is full of interest. The serials are "The Tragic Muse" and "The Begum's Daughter." The latter is a story of the socalled Dutch rebellion in New York in 1690, and promises to be very good. The other articles are "The Highest Structure in the World," a description of the great Eiffel tower in Paris, by William A. Eddy, "Bonny Hugh of Ironbrook," by Edith Brown: "A World of Roses," a beautiful little poem...
...eighteen colleges. Of the colleges, four were in New England: Dartmouth in New Hampshire, Harvard in Massachusetts, Brown in Rhode Island, Yale in Connecticut. New York had old Kings College, the name of which had since the Revolution been changed to Columbia College. New Jersey had Rutgers for the Dutch Reformed, and Princeton for the Presbyterians. In Pennsylvania there were the University of Pennsylvania and Dickinson College. Of the nine southern colleges, five were in Maryland; they were St. John's College at Annapolis, Georgetown College, now in the District of Columbia, a college at Frederick, the Washington College...
...CRIMSON has received a bound copy of Ayer's Almanac for 1889. Besides the various editions in English adapted to North and South America, it contains editions in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian-Danish, Dutch, Bohemian, and Welsh; also specimen pages of the pamphlets issued by the firm in eleven other languages, including Italian, Finnish, Turkish, Armenian, Bulgarian, Polish, Hawaiian, Gujarati (India), Burmese, and Chinese...
...published a periodical devoted entirely to topics connected with the history of this country which can justly claim an equal footing with the Magazine of American History. The October number opens with a most interesting article on the origin of New York, a glimpse of the famous Dutch West India company, by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. The sketch is copiously illustrated by quaint pictures of the city of Amsterdam and is told in that clear, pointed style characteristic of the well known authors. The second article is a chapter on Church History-the relationship of church and state...
...Glee Club sang "Schneider's Band," to the great delight of the audience, This was followed by "Down by the River," and "Dutch Company." The latter was encored as Mr. Carpenter captivated the audience by his yodel, Mr. Swarts's solo, "Huttelein" was sung with admirable taste and great depth of feeling. He had to respond to an encore in this truly beautiful song...