Word: existance
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time the library was estimated to contain over 120,000 volumes, besides 360 manuscripts, several belonging to the twelfth century, and a splendid collection of over 350 incunabula. During the existence of the modern university, not very much attention had been devoted to these ancient collections, but during the past dozen years very much has been done to augment the modern part of the library by the addition of scientific and literary works for practical use in university education, in the development of special collections, and in providing reading-rooms. Several years ago the new librarian, Professor Delannoy, however, devoted...
...foreign policy, but we are bound to protect our own rights and the rights of others whose interests we are pledged to safeguard. The events of the last few months have shown that no rights, moral or loyal, are safe unless backed by force. So long as international highwaymen exist and there is no international police to cope with them, peaceful nations must arm in their own defence. The present conflict will probably dispose of a few of the more notorious highwaymen, but there are others, and no one has yet come forward with a practical plan for an international...
London has invented a name for men of peculiarly detached type of mind who can continue their own business regardless of the war conditions which exist in England today. They are called "Tommy Browns.' The "Daily Mirror" explains the term. The original "Tommy Brown" was Sir Thomas Brown, who at the time of the English civil war took absolutely no notice of the conflict and continued his studies as though no war were in progress. His "Religio Medici" and "Uvu Burial," two master-pieces in English Literature were produced at this time...
Princeton's team and its followers will be welcomed by the University today with every show of cordiality for the members of the University realize the pleasant relations that exist between the institutions, and desire to perpetuate this feeling...
...afternoon the University soccer team will start its fight for another championship in a game with Princeton, and in the evening the musical clubs of the two universities will combine to give a dual concert in Boston. Both are signs of the cordial relations that exist between the two institutions and they both deserve liberal patronage...