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...first Greek student of Western Europe was Boccaccio, and he was never more than a student. But at the close of the fourteenth century a really competent teacher of Greek, Manuel Chrysoloras, found his way to Italy, and then the work began in earnest. The first half of the fifteenth century was the age of collecting manuscripts, so that it has been called after him who was the leader of the movement-the age of Poggio. The fall of Constantinople, which brought a fresh supply of exited Greeks to Italy, some laden with manuscripts. gave an additional stimulus...
There will be a meeting of the Harvard Union, Thursday, December 18, in Sever 11, at 7.30 P. M. Question: "Was the enfranchisement of the negro as accomplished by the fifteenth amendment a mistake?" Reserved books upon this subject will be found in the library reading room, on the shelves at the foot of the stairs leading to the gallery...
...EDUCATION IN EUROPE-Italy enjoys the unique glory of having never closed her universities to women, there having been female graduates from time to time since the fifteenth century. In modern times-i. e., within the last twenty years-the universities have been more or less entirely thrown open to women in France, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain; but still remain closed in Germany, Austria, Portugal, Poland, and Bohemia.-[Academy...
...fifteenth annual spring games (invitation meeting) of the New York Athletic Club take place Saturday, June 9th, at 4 P. M. The following competitions will be open to the associate clubs of the national association of amateur athletes, colleges, members of the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association, bicycle clubs belonging to the League of American Wheelmen, or gentlemen introduced by members of the New York Athletic Club: 100 yards run, handicap; 440 yards run, handicap; 1-6 mile hurdle race, handicap; half mile run, special; one mile walk, handicap; one mile bicycle, handicap; one mile run, handicap; three mile bicycle, handicap...
...article on Massachusetts, in the fifteenth volume of the Encyclopaedia Britanica, the American edition of which was out yesterday, is by Justin Winsor of the Harvard Library...