Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with food and clothing, thereby enabling him to live in idleness, and it is no wonder that now he is unable to support himself. Instead of giving him rations, he should have been given land and farming implements and obliged to earn his own living. In spite of these great disadvantages the Indians are slowly improving, and General Armstrong believes that the western railroads have been the most important factor in civilizing the wilder tribes, for these railroads naturally bring civilization with them. The lecturer also gave words of praise to the missionaries for the work they have done...
...recent banquet at Delmonico's in celebration of the great successes of the university in its athletic undertakings proved to be a very happy event, not only because of its nature, but it afforded an excellent opportunity to present the need for much better gymnasium facilities. Winners of first places in the intercollegiate games, and members of the nine, crew and eleven were present...
...Education of the Negro." The lecture will be given in the lecture room of Jefferson Physical Laboratory instead of in Sanders Theatre, as previously announced. General Armstrong's first lecture was most interesting, and the second one promises to be even more so. It is hoped that a great many will avail themselves of the privilege of hearing him this evening...
...second in the series of lectures delivered under the auspices of the Dentscher Verein took place last night. After a brief introduction by Professor Francke, Professor W. T. Harris, the lecturer, said that no obstacle is so great for a self-active individual that he cannot derive some benefit from it. The same can be said of nations. Take for instance the Greeks: after a long struggle against barbarism and clouded thought, they contributed to civilization the intellectual standard. The Romans handed down the forms of the will, the forms of legality. With the German the tendency towards intellectual theory...
...developing force in the Negro and have made his future a possibility. When we freed the slave we assumed the responsibility of making him an enlightened citizen. This is the work which the Hampton Institute is doing. But there are other influences which have been busy working the same great evolution. The struggle which the Negro has had to gain the franchise has had great educational influence upon him, and has developed him politically and socially. Human nature has asserted itself and the black vote is slowly dividing; out of these political distinctions, social ones are growing. Then...