Word: englishmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Oxford and Cambridge occupy an unique position in the minds of Englishmen, a position to which no college or group of colleges can ever hope to attain in the United States. Through whatever spectacles one views English history from the thirteenth century onward, he cannot help but perceive the influence of the universities on the life of the country. I need not elaborate the point. It is sufficient to say that, like the best of everything else in English life, the universities have been saved for 'the best...
...this issue of much spirited undergraduate opinion, raises the question whether poetry has not elbowed out somewhat current interest and timeliness. Perhaps the quality of much of this poetry is justification; there is true quality in Clark's "Nocturnes" and a suggestion of the much mentioned "School of Young Englishmen" in "Star of the West" by Sanger...
Professor Roscoe Pound of the University Law, School, will deliver the fourth lecture of the series on "The Spirit of the Common Law," at the Lowell Institute this evening at 8 o'clock. The special topic will be "The Rights of Englishmen and the Rights...
...exchange of visits should be provisory in case the plan does not prove entirely feasible. That the meet will take place this year in Cambridge is practically decided though the date, June 19, may be changed to a later day, as June 19 is thought too early for the Englishmen. The final terms of the invitation will probably be settled tomorrow when the track managements of Harvard and Yale will confer either here or at New Haven. The number of men entered in each event is limited to two men from each country as in past agreements, with the exception...
...acquainted with English universities, especially Oxford, realize that the forum does not belong to historical Rome alone; it is today a great force in training university men in thoughtful discussions of important topics of the day. An impressive list is made when the names of the greatest Englishmen of each generation are found to be the names of the men most prominent in their university forums...