Word: journey
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...same light heartedness, both enjoy the same things, both live in much the same way. Yet in the details of these trips-and the details really give them their local character-there is a vast difference. The following then, will be a sort of elaborated itinerary of a journey of about twenty nine hundred miles, with special attention to the points in which this journey differs from others of the same kind...
...Varsity Glee Club starts on its western trip this afternoon and it has the best wishes of the University for as pleasant and successful journey. This trip has now become an expected annual occurrence and in some respects it is of no little importance. It is doubtful whether the club is in greater interest in Harvard to the extent of drawing more men here. Probably few students come here from the west because they have heard the Harvard Glee Club sing. But the club exerts good influence in drawing graduates together for a familiar entertainment that brings backs many pleasant...
When the central authorities at Constantinople have to be urged for months to give their consent to the expedition, when the journey inland has to be picked with care to avoid hostile Arab tribes, and when the Arabs in and about the excavation camp are eager for the hordes of gold which the expedition is supposed to possess, the man who has such an expedition on his shoulders has to possess a good deal of resolution. Dr. Peters modestly gave an example of his tact by telling how he worked upon the superstitions of the natives by an abundant display...
...been obtained from the Faculty, but the cities talked over were as follows. New York, Philadelphia or Washington, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Chicago, Buffalo and Albany. The aim will be constantly kept in mind of shortening the distances between the cities, thus reducing the wear and tear of the journey to a minimum. The active work of rehearsing in the Glee Club will be begun next week. The officers expect an excellent club...
...Classical Club. The lecturer, Prof. R. B. Richardson, was Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, during 1890-91, and made an extensive trip in the Peloponnesus in company with several eminent archaeologists. In his lecture this evening he will give a popular account of this journey, which will be illustrated by the stereopticon. The lecture is open to the public, and cannot fail to be both interesting and instructive, not only to classical students, but to others as well...