Word: movement
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...shall not go to the writers of the Romantic School for a definition of Romanticism. These writers are too deeply engaged in the movement. We shall explain the production of the phenomenon by the general laws of life. An ideal becomes antiquated; another ideal is formed to take its place...
...land now occupied by the old Naval Observatory, and who left a large endowment fund, which has been lost, through negligence on the part of the government. The object of this bill is to found an institution, which would obviate the necessity of foreign study. The present general movement in favor of the university was begun in 1891 by the appointment of a committee, of which Chief Justice Fuller is chairman. As the Senate bill only carries with it an appropriation of a few thousand dollars, for preliminary organization, a committee, composed of representative women, has been formed...
...similar movement to organize an interscholastic rowing association has recently taken shape in New York...
...third international convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, will as already announced, take place at Cleveland, Ohio, from Feb. 23 to Feb. 27. These conventions are held every four years, and are made up of student delegates from the different colleges and schools in the United States and Canada. This year the convention is to be at Cleveland by invitation of the Young Men's Christian Association of that city, and will be unusually interesting and well attended. About 1500 delegates will be present from nearly 300 colleges, and in addition a large number of professors, returned...
Considerable progress has been made in the University Club movement in the way of attracting the attention of prominent graduates. In order to carry on this "campaign of education" as Mr. Adams calls it in his letter, the Undergraduate Committee is preparing a pamphlet for distribution. This pamphlet will contain much of the undergraduate correspondence on the subject, and an account of the mass meeting, together with a statement, as detailed as possible, of the expenses which must be met for the erection of the building, and for its maintenance. It is probable also that some official statements will...