Word: origin
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...next lecture in the Natural History Society course will be given on April 3, on "A Common Origin of Languages...
...first of Professor Paine's annual recitals was given last Friday evening in Boylston Hall. Before beginning his programme, he spoke briefly of the origin and development of instrumental music and of the Sonate form in particular giving the reasons for the number and sequence of the movements as well as the order of their component parts. His programme consisted of Bach's Italian Concerto in F major; Sonate Pathetique and Sonate op. 109 by Beethoven; Impromptu in G b major and Nocturne in E major by Chopin; and the Hunting Chorus from Mendelssohn's Songs without Words. The programme...
...Justin Winsor, The Earliest Maps of the American Continent; March 13, Dr. Clarence John Blake, The Ear and the Telephone; March 20, Dr. H. P. Bowditch, Physiological Defects of Vision; March 27, Prof. E. C. Pickering, The Distance of the Sun; April 3, Mr. John Fiske, A Common Origin of Languages; April 11, Prof. J. D. Whitney, Is the Earth's Climate changing? April 17, Prof. Alexander Agassiz, Something about Young Fishes. Tickets will be ready in a few weeks...
...last regular meeting of the Natural History Society, Mr. S. H. Scudder read a paper on the "Origin of Early Types of Insects in Palaeozoic Times," and Professor Whitney one on the "Eozoon Canadense...
...Friday evening programme consisted of the "Registered Letter," a little comedy whose refined tone argued a French origin, and of a burlesque on the story of Romulus and Remus...