Word: emerson
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...given by Dean Briggs, and then the prizes were distributed. He next considered the Bowdoin prizes and in his remarks made this interesting statement: Prizes for English were given to the following men while they were in College: Edward Everett '11, Jared Sparks '15, George Bancroft '17, Ralph Waldo Emerson '21, Josiah Quincy '21, Benjamin Robbins Curtis '29, James Freeman Clarke '29, Charles Sumner '30, Francis Bowen '33, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar '35, Henry Whitney Bellows '32, Jones Very '36, Richard Henry Dana '37, Edward Everett Hale '39, Thomas Hill '43, Francis James Child '46, James Coolidge Carter '50, James Mills...
...Harvard College. S. Cunningham, Jr., '01, Harvard College. A. M. Dame '02, Harvard College. H. S. Davis '01, Harvard College. A. L. Dean '00, Class of 1814. H. DeBray '02, Burr. A. F. Downing '00, Pennoyer. D. F. Drake '00, Harvard College. C. F. Dutch '01, Sever. K. B. Emerson '02, Saltonstall. O. D. Evans '00, Bowditch. A. H. Fiske '01, Harvard College. R. S. Forbes '00, Harvard College. E. E. Franchot '02, Harvard College. J. V. Freeman, Jr., '01, Pennoyer. A. Friedman '02, Burr. D. D. F. Garcelon '02, Rebecca A. Perkins. J. W. Goldthwait '02, Benjamin D. Greene...
...Mifflin & Co., have recently published a book by Colonel T. W. Higginson '41, entitled "Contemporaries." The volume is a valuable series of sketches, most of which have been previously published in magazines, of famous men and women contemporary with Colonel Higginson. Among the best known names are those of Emerson, Whittier, Grant, Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, and Theodore Parker. Colonel Higginson, in his simple and graceful style, has treated his subjects not as historical figures, but as living men and women. The sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, and Theodore Parker are thoughtful and appreciative, and the reminiscences...
...have its own way as to how much value should be required for admission." So that the whole question of electives in admission requirements shook itself down to the practical one of "'points,' and combinations of 'points'," which finally produced the system about to go into force. Professor Emerson then discusses most interestingly, in the real body of the article, the ancient and modern language question, the possibility of omitting Greek, and the order in which the languages are at present taught in the schools...
...English, A. W. Cooper '01, F. C. Tood '00, R. C. Hatch '00, W. T. Foster '01; French--E. B. Hilliard '00; German--W. M. Seaver '00; Greek--B. S. Welsch '01; History--S. G. Wellington '00, D. H. Farr '00; Mathematics--S. H. Batchelder 1L., K. B. Emerson '02, A. D. Wyman '01, H. Linenthal '00; Natural Science--G. B. Collier '01, W. F. Williams '01, W. D. Lambert '00. Instruction in orchestral music is given by F. G. Bauer '00, and on the banjo by K. N. Washburn...