Word: naming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Putnam, besides being president of the famous publishing house bearing his name, has written and edited many books on various subjects. Some of his most important works are: "Books and Their Makers in the Middle Ages." "Abraham Lincoln--the People's Leader in the Struggle for National Existence," and contributions to the "Encyclopedia Britannica," besides many articles in various publications both here and abroad...
...perspective. Some monuments of Greek and Roman literature we shall have to depreciate, but others, in compensation, we shall esteem more highly, because more intelligently, than ever before. The discovery in Egypt, for instance, of large fragments of Menander has detracted from the glory that had attached to his name, but it has correspondingly increased the appreciation of Plautus and Terence, who had hitherto been considered less talented imitators. Gilbert Murray's translations and extravagant eulogies of Euripides have provoked such a legion of protestants that from the polemics of both factions we may expect finally to attain a just...
...cleanness, neatness and practical elegance of the pages struck off from their presses. Louis Elzevir, born in 1592, left a number of sons who carried on his large business. They in turn bequeathed it to two grandsons, Bonaventure and Abraham. Bonaventure was the greatest of the family. His illustrious name is perpetuated in a style of type commonly used in the present day. Later the Elzevir family branched out and their establishments were set up in Amsterdam and other cities...
...should not be over ten thousand words in length, should be typewritten in duplicate, and both copies sent to Chuion R. Woodruff, Secretary of the National Municipal League, North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa., signed by a pseulonym. Accompanying this should be sent a sealed envelope containing the pseudonym, real name, age, class, college, and residence of the competitor...
...subjects of instruction given by qualified U. S. army officers are principles of tactics, map-making, use of a rifle, cooking, sanitation, bridge-building, field telephone operation, psychology of war, and the military history of our country. Each student who completes the course will receive a certificate and his name and other data will be put on file in the War Department as a possible officer in event...