Word: late
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...funeral of the late Prof. Ezra Abbot takes place this afternoon at 1.30, from Appleton Chapel...
...thought of writing for a livelihood, the instruction of such a department would be most valuable for the education of a budding statesman, or of a budding economist, would naturally follow to a large degree the same line of thought as a journalist. It is only of late years that political economy or even the literature of our own language have taken their present prominence, and so it is with a good deal of hope that we look forward in expectation of seeing in the near future the fulfillment of this scheme of the quasi legending "Western editor...
...meeting of the Board of Overseers on Thursday, it was voted to concur with the vote of the president and fellows abolishing the chair of Ancient, Byzantine and Modern Greek. This was the professorship held by the late Prof. Sophocles, and was created for him in 1860. We doubt if there was ever any great demand for instruction in Prof. Sophocle's peculiar subjects, and in late years the courses were virtually abandoned. The main monuments of the professorship are the works of its only holder-the Greek Grammar and the dictionary...
These and many other advantages are so obvious that we are surprised that this custom has been allowed to die out. It is, perhaps, too late to do anything in the matter this year, as the greater part of the work in themes and forensics has been finished. There are still, however, several themes and one forensic yet to be handed in, for which some books might advantageously be reserved. We hope this matter will be considered by the various instructors and acted upon favorably, if not for the rest of this year, at least for next year...
...bane of the female race, and it is certainly new to believe that out of all this struggle between Greek and science will come any such complete and sweeping victory as this. Certainly there is bound to be a reaction from the onslaughts which the classics have received of late, though whether it will result so favorably for the classicists as this view would indicate is in truth an open question. But one thing seems certain, that out of all this hue and cry for "practical education" will come a movement for "the higher education." It may be that some...