Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard Musical Association, which has just taken up its new quarters in Boston, is the oldest musical association connected with the college, and it is to its early influence that we owe most of the musical advantages which we possess here. The Pierian Sodality was founded in 1808, and about thirty years later members of the society formed the Association, the purpose being to get graduates interested in the society and to better the condition of music at Harvard...
There are but three complete files of the Yale Literary Magazine in existence, one in the possession of the Lit. board, one in the Chittenden library, and one in the British Museum. The magazine is the oldest American college periodical still in existence...
...case, elective officers and administrative officers (heads of departments, etc.) must be allowed to take action in politics. - (a) They are the oldest men in the party. - (b) They determine the issues and policy of the party. - (c) They must defend their measures and advance the party policy...
...Yale Literary Magazine is the oldest American periodical in existence...
...hear a man who has travelled and lived in the Orient, is a rare opportunity in Cambridge; to hear one who has spent two winters there digging for remains of one of the oldest civilizations is rarer still. We may tonight expect from Dr. Peters an account of his heroic and successful struggle against many odds, and of the valuable discoveries which he made in the temple of Bel at Niffer. His success in raising a large sum of money for the expedition, in overcoming diplomatic and other difficulties, and in securing for America a large portion of the clay...