Word: national
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Nation, in its "Correspondence" column, publishes a letter protesting against the indifference to the study of pedagogy, shown at all the universities in this country, and at Harvard most notably because that is the largest and most progressive of the colleges...
Athletics, it is to be regretted, have gone to extremes. Just as base ball is at present one of the principal topics of interest in the nation, so athletics fill a most important place in college life. Newspapers, whose sole object is to make money, foster this abnormal interest in athletics by giving glowing accounts of all games. The editors are even ready to have a close game of base ball or of foot ball reported, as they are well aware of the likes and dislikes of their readers. This "abnormal interest" in athletic contests brings about betting, a "sign...
...executive would be merged in the legislative. (b) The weaker of the Houses of Congress would succumb to the stronger. (c) The equal representation of the states will be lost-Lowell, in Atlantic Monthly, February, 1886; Von Holst Constitutional Law S25 S26; Hare Constitution al Law, pp. 175-180; Nation, 28-243; Pomeroy Constitutional...
...middle ages down to the present century, dwelling most emphatically on the most striking features of this development. By way of pointing out the relation of the literary life of the people to their society and politics it is intended that the lectures shall comprehend the development of the nation as a whole. The course although intended mainly for freshmen, is designed as a general introduction to the study of German Literature for any student who may be interested in the language. We therefore commend it to the attention of the students. The lectures will be given as announced...
...troublous times of the French revolution. The migration of the Germanic tribes brought about a great increase of race feeling; and a corresponding decrease of moral sentiment; it is a time of rapid expansion, and of unscrupulous accumulation. Out of such experiences the great epic traditions of a nation were born. These epics are not left intact. The Germans in the midst of this period adopted the Christian religion, and abandoned their own religious ideas; with the religious ideas went the poetic ideas, too. But the Icelanders preserved the old traditions better, and Professor Francke analyzed the Elder Edda...