Word: oldest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...speaker then dwelt at some length upon the injury to the moral welfare of the city which would result from the policy of municipal ownership. Graft and corruption have prevailed in New York City politics almost without interruption ever since the earliest recollection of the oldest inhabitants...
...Lyon h.'01, Curator of the Peabody Museum, will deliver a course of five lectures in Room 1 of the Peabody Museum at 3.30 o'clock on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, beginning next Tuesday, on the general subject of "Hammurabi, king of Babylon, and promulgator of the oldest known code of laws...
...Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is President of the Olympic Games Association, has expressed the wish that every effort should be made to bring the American universities to send representatives, and especially Harvard, as the Greeks recognize that University as the oldest and most important in the United States and thinks that, if she should take the lead, other universities would follow the example and send representatives to Athens...
...been decided to change the name of Old South Middle, the oldest building on the Yale Campus, which was erected in 1790, to Connecticut Hall. This dormitory is now being thoroughly renovated and will be fitted up with all modern conveniences. Besides this the exterior has been altered so as to restore it as much as possible to its original appearance. It will be ready for occupancy, it is expected, in time for the opening of college next fall. A fund of over $15,000 was raised in order to preserve this building, which is one, of the two remaining...
...from $12,500 to $125,000 could thus be most advantageously applied. Two million, five hundred thousand dollars is named by the President as a moderate estimate for the accomplishment of the reasonable objects now plainly in view for the College proper. His report closes with the words, "The oldest, the most essential and the most beloved department of Harvard University now needs the prompt assistance of its alumni and friends...