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...Peabody Museum of Harvard University is one of the few museums in America devoted wholly to collections illustrating the development of the culture of primitive peoples. Physical characteristics of these people are shown by skeletal material from all parts of the world. The earliest known implements of man are represented by the very complete groups from the river gravels of France and England, from the caves of France, and from the arid regions of northern Africa. Later developments of man in Europe are illustrated by important early collections of artifacts of the pile dwelling tribes of the Swiss Lakes...
...days ago the entire rowing squad was transferred from the Gymnasium to the George Adee boathouse for the earliest start on the harbor that the Eli crews have ever had. Coach Corderry expects to keep his charges on the New Haven harbor two or three weeks before shifting them to the boathouse at Derby, on the Housatonic, where they will practice until they go into permanent training camp a Gales Ferry in June...
...addition to filling out these blanks as soon as possible, Seniors will greatly assist the Committee by making arrangements at Notman's to have their individual pictures taken. Men who expect to graduate in February and class officers are especially requested to have pictures taken at their earliest convenience...
...twenty-eight years Dr. Lyon held the Hollis professorship, the oldest endowed professorship in North America. In 1891 he became director of the Semitic Museum. In 1906 he went to Samaria to undertake excavations there, and discovered the earliest specimens of writing ever found in Palestine. Four years later he assumed the Hancock professorship upon the retirement of his colleague, Professor Toy. He has given courses at the University in the Hebrew and Assyrian languages and in Old Testament History, and has long been recognized as a leading authority in his field...
...collection, consisting of tracts and sermons by Savonarola and writings for and against him, and the Sacre Rappresentazioni, sacred plays, are the most important of the illustrated books printed in Florence during this period, and the even elution of the woodcut may be studied to advantage in them. The earliest cuts showed only a few figures depicted with the greatest economy of line. Later, more figures were employed, backgrounds were elaborated, and an attempt made to achieve realism and expressiveness. The Sacre Rappresentazioni contains cuts made from the original blocks, copies of the originals, cuts made for later editions...