Word: huss
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first German university was that of Prague. When the revolution which was inaugurated by John Huss reached Prague a great contest took place. The opponents of the reformer were beaten, and leaving the university they were scattered through the German states and founded the seats of learning at Heildelberg, Berlin, Vienna etc. Thus Germany has a host of universities, typical of the government of that country, France had Paris and everything was centralized there. England had Oxford and Cambridge believing that a generous rivalry was much to be desired...
...establishing an association for the purpose of promoting the study of modern languages in American colleges. Among those present were Professors Cook and Lutz of Harvard, Lounsbury and Bendelari of Yale, Elliott and Wood of the Johns Hopkins University, Richardson of Amherst, Easton of the University of Pennsylvania, Huss of Princeton, Walter of the University of Michigan, and Smith of Columbia. President Carter of Williams was chosen chairman, and a committee appointed to draw up a plan for the permanent organization of the society. A resolution to the effect that it was the sense of the meeting that no college...
...chair of German in Princeton College has become vacant, and has been offered to Dr. Herman Huss of the University of Jena, of the family of the great reformer. Dr. Huss has accepted the position...