Word: greek
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...metre low hurdles' 3200 metre steeple-chase; 5 mile run; standing and running high jump; hopstep-and-jump; pole-vault; 16-pound hammer-throw; 16-pound shot-put; 3 mile team race for 5-man team, 3 men to count in scoring; 3500 metre walk; discus throwing, in Greek and free style; javelin throwing; 10 mile walk; swimming, including 200 and 400 mete dashes, high dive and water polo; wrestling, in all weights; Marathon run of 25 miles, 600 yards...
...Engineering 16d Music 7 French 4 Philosophy 8 German F Philosophy 14 German G Semitic 2 Saturday, January 25. (XVI) Celtic 3 Government 19 English A Semitic 8 German 25 Zoology 11a Government 15 Monday, January 27. (IV) Anthropology 8 German 3 Chemistry 3 German 12a Class. Philol.63 Greek 1a Comp. Lit.7 Greek 16 Economics 15 History 9a Education 31 History 10 Engineering 3b Latin BI, II, III Engineering 5a Latin 8 English 3a Mathematics FI English 11a Mathematics 2 English 55 Mathematics 5 Geology A Mining 16 Geology 1 Philosophy 16 German C Philosophy 21a German 1b Spanish...
...seven-branched candle-stick, in the festival described in the Book of Maccabees. He went on to describe the 500 years' struggle between the Hellenic and Hebraic ideals, which culminated in the annihilation of the Jews as a nation after the conquest of Judaea by Titus. Beauty was the Greek ideal, while that of the Hebrews was goodness, and of this the Menorah was emblematic...
...materials out of which books have been made, from the original slabs of baked clay, to the papyrus, parchment, and paper states. Then came an attempt to solve the question of the origin of the alphabet, through the progressive modification of hieroglyphics, passing through the hieratie, Phoenician and Greek symbols, and culminating in the invention of lower-case letters by the monkish scribes of the Middle Ages...
Today is the last day for making application for permission to compete for the Charles Eliot Norton Fellowship in Greek studies. The competition for this fellowship, which has an annual income of $600, is open to Seniors and members of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Harvard University, and to Seniors and graduate students in Radcliffe College. The list of subjects for essays was announced in the Crimson of October 15, and is also posted on the official bulletin boards. Applications for permission to compete should be made to Professor C. B. Gulick, chairman of the Committee...