Word: establishing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Bancroft was appointed tutor of Greek in Harvard College. He held the position for a year and abandoned it to establish the famous Round Hill school at Northampton, Mass. Meanwhile he published a book of poems and wrote several magazine articles. He took an active part in politics and was elected to several offices in the State of Massachusetts...
...enterprise has been started in the new State of Washington to establish a college in that state...
...been, since Mr. Carlisle's translation to the Senate, the victual leader of his party in the House. He has the reputation of being the finest orator-critically speaking-now in political life; and his delivery of the oration at Plymouth two summers ago, went far to establish this reputation, which he had before made in debate on the floor. Mr. Breckerridge speaks tonight in Tremont Temple on the Southern Question, but his speech in Sanders Theatre will be still more interesting; for he will then state his opinion on the policy of his party in the next Congress, which...
There is a movement on foot to establish a chair of the Irish language at the University of Pennsylvania...
...sixth lecture of the College Conference series will be given this evening by Professor Everett, D. D., on "The Bible and the Sacred Books of the East." Few members of the University appreciate the high reputation which Dr. Everett enjoys among learned men. He has done much to establish modern methods and always has some new learning to make known. The Conference will be sure to bring out new and strange relations between our Bible and the but little known Sacred Books of the Eastern religions...