Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subjects of great interest in connection with Germany. The first of these on "The Present Condition of Germany" will be especially opportune, as it will give a chance to compare the politics of that country with those of France, which have just been vividly described by Professor Cohn. The movement among the societies of the same type as the Verein to invite prominent men to speak at Harvard has secured some of the most interesting lectures of this term. The societies show in this action an encouraging sign of life and energy and an effort to bestow a genuine benefit...
There is a movement among the students of the University of Pennsylvania to start a new college weekly, a prominent feature of which will be special correspondence from the leading colleges...
...relations between big and little shops demand study. Many societies have been formed whose members are pledged never to buy in large shops. The error here should be explained. The cause of longer hours in small shops the movement to buy only before six o'clock, these, too, await investigation. More than all, the problem of the surplus unskilled sewing women calls out for remedies. Facts are wanted to show that the idea, that cheap living reduces wages, is a fiction. Are employers forced to take advantage of the over-supply of labor, and would wages fall if attempts were...
...notable prominence is being given to the department of history at Princeton and Yale this year. As has been stated before a large number of lectures on topics of general history is to be given this winter at New Haven for the benefit of Yale men. A similar movement has been started at Princeton. The course will be inaugurated by Professor Tripp. His subject is "Historic Portraitures...
...Parker, in his "Mediaeval Symphony" has caught successfully not only the spirit of the old romances he clothes again with words; but the ryhthm of language necessary to suggest the movement of a symphony. These sentences of musical prose are really delightful...