Word: offer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Room of the White House yesterday, no official decision has been made by President Eliot either in acceptance or refusal of the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. It is ascertained, however, from sources close to President Taft that President Eliot told Mr. Taft at the time the offer was made that he was disposed to refuse it, inasmuch as he was retiring from the Presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties. He stated, moreover, that, having been as educator all his life, the assumption of a new occupation, however great the distinction conferred, might...
...Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in the College, and to special students after the first year; they are open to Freshmen and first-year special students by special permission only. Candidates for second-year honors in the classics will designate at the same time which elective courses they intend to offer in order to make up the number required...
...report is largely given up to an account of the communication made to the International Historical Congress by Dr. Hill, the American ambassador to Germany. Dr. Hill announced that Mr. Adolphus Busch of St. Louis had offered to give $50,000 toward a building fund of $300,000. Mr. Busch has recently increased his offer...
Owing to the success of the French lectureships established by Mr. J. H. Hyde '98, of New York, at the University and elsewhere in the United States, Mr. Hyde offered in 1904 to found a similar course at the Sorbonne on American literature and institutions. The University of Paris accepted the offer, with the understanding that the course was to be made permanent if it was successful the first year. Professor Barrett Wendell '77 was the first American lecturer, spending the year 1904-05 at the Sorbonne and other French universities, where he lectured on "American Literature, Manners, Customs...
...University of Chicago has been enabled, through the generosity of Hart, Schaffner and Marx of Chicago, to offer again in 1909, as in the past four years, prizes under two general heads. Attention is called to a new rule that a competitor is not confined to subjects mentioned in this announcement; but any other subject chosen must first be approved by the committee. Under the first head the following subjects are suggested primarily for those who have had an academic training; but possession of a degree is not required of a contestant, nor is any age limit...