Word: maye
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This amounts to $1493 59 and is divided among the seven hundred and seventy-one members in sums ranging from a few cents to something over fourteen dollars. The amounts have been computed and may be seen at the office of the society during its business hours...
...devoted to discussing the subject of Semitic study in America. Among the speakers were Professors Toy and Lyon of Cambridge, Professor Green, of Princeton, and Professor Harper, of Yale. It is understood that the addresses are to be published in a pamphlet, and it is hoped that they may excite a yet greater interest in the important topic to which they relate...
...Babylonian libraries of Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus, two of the most interesting rulers in the history of the world, are yet to be unearthed. They are, doubtless, still lying beneath the colossal ruins of Babylon. The wonderful discoveries made at Tello by M. de Sarzee, ten years ago, illustrate what may be expected from excavation at new points, and the large number of cuneiform tablets unearthed last winter in Egypt give us a new sense of the prominence of the Assyrian language for international communication in very early times. The natives of Babylonia are always digging at various points...
Certain petty abuses connected with prompt attendance at recitations have sprung up lately, which, trivial as they may appear at first sight, are extremely annoying. We refer especially to the way some men have of carrying five, ten and fifteen minutes after a recitation has begun before entering the class room. In some of the nine o'clock recitations, the classes rarely get settled down to work until a quarter of an hour after the proper time. This negligence could be overlooked if it were exceptional, but once the example of coming in late is set, it is soon found...
...idea of "The Dark River" is somewhat better than the execution. The plot seems capable of a more careful treatment than it has received. Yet a word may certainly be said for simplicity of the style...