Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...contributions from a variety of institutions of learning, and the director is chosen from among these institutions. The work of the school varies according to the special interests of the director and the students. All have an opportunity for the study of the country, its peoples, languages, and modern conditions. There are usually several trips with tents in the course of the year, when the members of the school visit many historical sites, and make the acquaintance of peasant and bedouin life. Occasionally there are adventures with the bedouin, as where the party of two years ago was robbed...
George Lyman Kittredge '82, "Professor of English in this University, linguist, philologist, worthy interpreter of the masters of English literature, antiquarian on one side, on the other most modern of inductive philosophers, generous helper of all other scholars, leader who inspires his followers to arduous and fruitful labors...
...Bussey Institute a large stable for antitoxine purposes has been built. All the modern equipments have been used to make this building a model in every...
...thirteenth annual debate with Princeton was held in Alexander Hall, Princeton, on March 22, 1907, on the subject, "Resolved, That the present distribution of power between the federal and the state governments is not adapted to modern conditions and calls for readjustment in the direction of further centralization." Princeton submitted the question and Harvard chose to support the negative. The Princeton team, which argued the affirmative, consisted of R. T. Sterrett '07, M. H. Fry '09, and R. S. Sidebotham '07. The University was represented by E. R. Lewis '08, B. M. Nussbaum '08, and I. L. Sharfman...
...editorial articles in the current number of the Advocate commend the project to set up a memorial to Dean Shaler in the Union, and propose the formation of a University dramatic association to produce modern English plays. Mr. Bowles' short story, "All in the Same Boat," is a new variation on an old theme, treated in melodramatic fashion. In the other piece of fiction, by Mr. Edgar, a more experienced hand is recognized in both construction and narration. A title more significant than "The Grind" would be "The Cad." It is to be hoped that students like Thurman...