Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...movement has been set on foot by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to send an American archaeologist to Egypt, and to forward for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts some of the sculptures which are being unearthed...
...religious differences between Persia and Turkey would make a great religious movement impossible. Isolated attempts at a religious crusade. like that which marked the rise of Islam, may succeed temporarily. The Mahdi in the Soudan may hold out for a time against the force sent against him. The intelligent Moslems, however, realize the utter hopelessness of an assault upon the Christian powers...
Ever since 1876 women have endeavored to enter Columbia College. In 1880 a provision was made to enable women educated at other places to obtain degrees upon examination by the faculty of Columbia. This concession was not enough, and last winter a movement was started which ended in a petition for an establishment similar to the Annex at Harvard. This petition has been granted by the the trustees of the college. The course of study, and the requirements for admission and for a degree are to be the same as those of the college, but all recitations are to take...
Meetings are being held in New York under the auspices of the "Students' Movement," an enterprise of the intercollegiate Y. M. C. A., and at least one meeting will probably be addressed by Chauncey M. Depew...
...Herrick's "Resurgens" is in a very different vein from most of his previous works. It lacks the vigor and picturesqueness of his Mexican sketches, but is far superior in delivery of thought and treatment. The first part is a little dull and prosy but towards the end the movement is better. The development of Catherine's character is excellent and is the chief merit of the piece...