Word: idea
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...accordance with the terms of the fellowship, notice is given that the first award will be made in the spring of 1901, for the academic year 1901-'02. The following subjects for theses are proposed by the committee: The Idea of Beauty, as developed in Plato's writings and else-where in Greek Literature; A Comparison between the Tragedies of Seneca and their Greek Originals; The Constitution of Athens, from Solon to the Macedonian Conquest; Writing in the Mycenaean...
...before the child the incentives of that community life to which reference has already been made. For example, modelling and drawing should be made interesting for their own sake from the beginning, and should not be taught merely as a dry means to some future achievement. By applying this idea to other branches of learning, the technique of the various arts and sciences could be acquired almost incidentally, without the undue emphasis which it now receives. The long years wasted over dull statistics could be used for the acquisition of vital knowledge, in which the student could...
...most important of these is the founding of a professorship in Comparative Literature, since it involves a rearrangement of several courses. Professor A. R. Marsh will be the lecturer in this course for the year 1900-01; and the aim will be to give students a clear and comprehensive idea of the development of European literature, from the Middle Ages to the middle of the nineteenth century. With a view to securing better system in the arrangement of work, courses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 form a chronological series; and courses 10, 11 and 12 are devoted to special...
...Spoils System." It deals with the beginning and development of this system under President Jackson and his successors, and describes at length the efforts made by the Senate, in 1864, to check the power of the president. The object of the book is to give a clear idea of the position in which civil service stands today, as shown by its past history. Mr. Fish has compiled a set of tables, showing in detail the removals from office under various presidents of the United States. The last pamphlet is by F. H. Miller on "Qualifications for Office...
...first one, on the proposed University chorus, expresses itself freely, and in a way which will appeal to a great many readers. The second, concerning the Yard Fence, suffers a little from the fact that the point is put in the least important place. The third presents an idea for a "Political Union," which, during the present state of affairs, should certainly receive more than passing attention...